You are invited to our Conference
Sheffield in September
The place to be. The people to be with.
Christians on Ageing
invites you to its Conference
21 SEPTEMBER 2022
“Older people need the best:
supporting faith and care”
Later life spiritual learning
Being a blessing to residents in care homes
Rights and quality of life in care homes
The Conference will include presentations by these well-known practitioners
Dr Keith Albans
Preparing faith leaders to work with older people
Keith has had long experience in the field including ministry as the Pastoral Director at Methodist Homes (MHA Group)
Dr Joanna Walker
Older Christians and their later life spiritual learning
Joanna is an Educational Gerontologist and co-author Spiritual Dimensions of Ageing
Tina English
Being a blessing to care home residents
Tina is Director of the charity Embracing Age, and author of A Great Place to Grow Old: Reimagining Ministry Among Older People
Marion Shoard
Rights for care home residents
Marion is the author of How to Handle Later life. She will argue that the lives of older and disabled people living in care homes would be much enriched by greater attention to their existing human rights and the introduction of new ones.
PLUS
* Plenty of time for discussion and exchange of information and views
* Bookshop * Interactive Musical Interlude
Where is the Conference?
60 Norfolk St, Sheffield S1 2JB
You will be given a welcome at 10 am with refreshments and the day will conclude at 4 pm
The Conference fee is £30 (£25 for members) which will include preparatory papers and the conference report plus refreshments and a buffet lunch.
Booking is through Eventbrite.
Click here to register and make payment:
You can ask for more information or enquire about other methods of payment by e-mailing:
info@ccoa.org.uk
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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE WEBINAR?
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.
