|  Welcome
to the Association of Lincolnshire Seniors Forums
The Association of Lincolnshire Seniors Forums is a relatively new organisation
of existing and fledgling older people’s forums in Lincolnshire.
The Association has been established to provide an ‘umbrella’
of forums so collectively they can provide a powerful voice for older
people in Lincolnshire. Forums continue to spring up throughout the County
and are encouraged to join the Association. Members to date include:
• Boston and District Silver Links
• Holbeach Seniors Link Forum
• Skegness and District Seniors Forum
• Welland Seniors’ Forum
• Louth & District Seniors Forum
(updated 2010 January)
• Horncastle/Woodhall Spa Seniors Forum
• Mablethorpe & District Seniors Forum
• Lincoln Elders Forum
• Kesteven Older People’s Forum
Older people’s forums are run by older people for older people.
They are non-political and any older person interested in local, regional
and national issues can take part. Forums are independent and have their
own constitution. Forum members are volunteers and actively seek to improve
the quality of life for older people in their communities. Forums hold
4-5 open meetings each year in their areas and invite informative speakers.
Forums provide an ideal place for the sharing of ideas and gathering of
important information. Forums can really make a difference.
>>> National Older People’s Day: 2009 October 1st
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 Senior
citizens’ forums are the voice of older people throughout the country,
speaking out on local and national issues.
Across the country, forums are harnessing the skills, experience and abilities
of older people to resolve important local issues such as health care provision,
developing effective transport solutions, combating crime, and fighting
to retain local services such as post offices. Forums are also active on
national issues such as campaigning for better pensions, often working in
partnership with the National Pensioners’ Convention.
Forums vary widely in make-up and membership and have no common constitution.
Officers are usually older people themselves, with a firm footing in the
local community, and with a strong commitment to represent and fight for
their fellow senior citizens.
The Forums in East Lincolnshire were set up in an unusual way. Statutory
Bodies (Local Councils, East Lincolnshire PCT and East Lincolnshire Social
Services) worked with Age
Concern (Boston and South Holland) and Help
the Aged to form the East Lincolnshire Partnership. As a result there
are now forums in all four areas. They have strong links with all the members
of the Partnership and received a generous start-up grant from Help
the Aged.
Lincolnshire is playing an active role in this work and four forums have
been set up across the region with the aim of “Being a Voice for Older
People”:
• Boston and District
Silver Links
• Holbeach Seniors Link Forum
• Skegness and District Seniors Forum
• Welland Seniors’ Forum
• Louth & District Seniors Forum
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