Save the date! Newham’s free Ageing Well Festival will be held on Saturday 5 October. Please join us to celebrate International Day of Older Persons. Everything will be FREE including all activities, entertainment and the international food available. The celebration…
Karen grew up in the borough, and is a proud resident of Newham. She has a profound dedication to supporting older adults. Her background in social services and healthcare advocacy gave her invaluable expertise in understanding the unique challenges faced…
Katy has always been interested in helping people to build knowledge and community connections; in a previous role she supported isolated older people with community engagement and volunteer management. She currently leads a team of Social Prescribers who support people…
Peter grew up in Newham and loves how multicultural the borough is. He is passionate about the Ageing Well agenda; as co-chair of the Ageing Well Resident Advisory Group and member of the Older People’s Reference Group, he is very…
Bill has worked closely with the council as co-chair of the Ageing Well Strategy Delivery Board. He runs the LGBTQ+ Seniors group, which meets for coffee and a chat to give support, and identify issues affecting older LGBTQ+ people. Bill…
Age Without Limits is a national campaign highlighting the prejudice that’s often faced by older people. Newham Council is committed to tackling ageism as part of our Ageing Well strategy. As part of the strategy, we have secured Age-friendly Employer…
Micro-grants are being made available for community groups and local voluntary sector organisations within Age-friendly Communities to take part in the Action Day, as part of a pilot programme. The grant is available to community groups and local voluntary sector…
November/December 2023 Adult Social Care has created the Support Group & Alert Card to start logging activities and support services offered in the community for autistic residents. Do you offer or know anyone that offers any free, subsidised or affordable…
September/October 2023 As part of shaping the first All-age Autism Strategy in Newham we want to hear from autistic people to find out about their support needs and their experiences of services so far. There are two surveys out now,…
