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Annual Conference Report 2023 plus Conferences 2021 and 2022

31st May 2021 By GerryBurke

 

Challenging Exclusion in a Harsh Environment

Our Annual Conference was held on

20 September 2023 (by Zoom)

The presentations were made by:

Will Fremont-Brown       Care and Support Re-imagined

Nichola Cadet    Older People and Probation

Emily Kenwood      Older People and Loneliness

plus  Ines Delgado, violinist and music therapist

You can read the full REPORT here

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What happened at the Conference On-line 2022

Read the Report

Conference Online 2022 

 “Older people need the best:
   supporting faith and care”

Dr Keith Albans   Preparing faith leaders to work with older people
Dr Joanna Walker  Older Christians and their later life spiritual learning
Tina English  Being a blessing to care home residents

Marion Shoard  Rights for care home residents

PLUS

“Your story, my story, our story. Let’s be curious about this story.”

An interactive workshop using the power of story and play to inspire wonder, encourage reflection and create meaning and connection. Facilitated by Kathryn Lord.

Kathryn Lord is co-founder of ‘Out of the Box’ Training and ‘Stories for the Soul’. She is a spiritual accompanier and retreat leader. Kathryn uses a playful approach to sharing stories in many different contexts.

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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE WEBINAR in 2021?

A Report from our on-line Conference     29 September 2021

Older Prisoners  *  Assisted Death  *  Music and Dementia

 

David Jolley – Chair of Christians on Ageing – introduces the Report

Christians on Ageing is an ecumenical charity with 40 years of history. When it began, it was the only UK Christian charity focused on the needs of older people in the Churches. Its aims included wishing to help Churches to see and understand the special needs and gifts of older people which were, and still are, so easily overlooked. Today we work alongside several other charities and organisations which have similar ambitions.

This webinar was an important event in our calendar. It was held in place of a Conference out of respect for the Covid-19 situation. The structure was similar to that used at our 2019 conference in Sheffield which was a friendly, enjoyable and informative occasion, spawning ideas which have guided us in the months since then.

Christians on Ageing has many people to thank for their dedicated service over the years, and of these we acknowledge the contributions of Jo Kennedy who was Honorary Secretary and previously Chair.  Jo died suddenly in June 2021 while busy on several projects.  He will be remembered with affection. We are grateful to him and his wife Sue for all their selfless service.

The programme for the day explored current major interests of Christians on Ageing:

Older Prisoners: what are their needs and how are they treated?

Dying and Death: the possibility of a change of law to allow assisted dying

Living with Dementia: approaches to support a good life

 You can read the Report of the Webinar here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reflect and Pray

Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth.  Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust.  Lead me from hope to love, from war to peace.  Let peace fill my heart, our world, our universe.

The noon prayer for peace

Prayers and Reflections

Postal Address

Ms Barbara Stephens
Honorary Secretary
Christians on Ageing
147 High Street,
Ryde
PO33 2RE

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