Campaigning for Age Concern

Campaigning for a fairer deal for older people, Pride Hill in Shrewsbury.

Age Concern campaigns on local issues affecting the quality of later life and through its involvement in the Age Concern federation plays a part in national debate.

Senior Citizens Forum
Across the country, forums are harnessing the skills, experience and abilities of older people to plan and deliver citizen-centred public services. In 2000 Age Concern Shropshire Telford & Wrekin set up the first Shropshire Senior Citizens Forum in Shrewsbury. That has developed and grown, with Forums across Shropshire now fully independent of Age Concern, linked together as an association.

Shropshire Association of Senior Citizens Forums
Tel: 01743 244640
Email: office@sascf.uk
visit the website by following the link on this page.

Telford & Wrekin Senior Citizens Forum
Age Concern, through the work of its Involving Older People Development Worker, has set up and is now supporting a forum in the Borough of Telford & Wrekin. Now, with nearly 1000 members, the Forum holds regular meetings and publishes its own newsletter. New members are welcome.

• are you over 60?
• are you interested in decisions that affect your daily life?
• do you want the opportunity to have your say on policy issues and service development in Telford & Wrekin?
• do you want to meet new people and share ideas?

For more information contact either:
Age Concern’s Office in Telford Tel: 01952 587821

or

Telford & Wrekin Senior Citizens Forum
Tel: 01952 582931
Email: admini@tandwseniors.org.uk
Visit the website by following the link on this page

Blue Badge Scheme
The Blue Badge Scheme allows those people with a permanent and substantial disability who have very considerable difficulty in walking, to park in specially allocated parking spaces close to shops. However, there is a perceived unfairness in the way Shropshire County Council views the eligibility criteria. Some Older people around the county who walk with great pain have had their application to Shropshire County Council for a Blue Badge turned down. Age Concern’s Advocacy team is discussing the issue with the Council and Members of Parliament in the County.

The Advocates would like to hear from anyone who has experienced difficulty, whether with Shropshire County Council or Telford & Wrekin Borough Council. Contact Gaynor, Geraldine or Chris, Advocacy officers at the Head Office in Shrewsbury.