Committee and Officer Bearers for 2010 are:-

Sara Morris (Chair), John Heywood (Vice Chair), Marilyn Sherriff (Secretary), David Brooks (Treasurer), Marjorie Barnes, Bob Barnes, Charles Baron, Margaret Brown, Roger Irving, Morag Judd, George Sizer. There is still space and opportunity for one or two others to join the team!

Committee meetings are usually held from 10 am to 12 noon on the 1st Friday mornings of the month at the Salvation Army Centre, 13 Church Street, Louth LN11 9BS (except when there are open meetings – see Welcome page for dates)

At the start of the year, Louth & District Seniors’ Forum had 370 members and over 120 of those live outside the town of Louth. However, only two of our current committee members are from the village or rural areas, so there is at present an imbalance. Members already on the committee mean we have a 37 year age range (!) so please volunteer if you wish to get involved. All office bearers and committee members are elected each year. No one is signing up for life! It is not a job! It is not work! And finally, we don’t get involved in things for which we have no passion or interest.

If you are interested then please get in touch in the usual way; by emailing louthseniors@yahoo.co.uk or by ringing 07 974 880 157.

We appreciate the work of the Louth and District Voluntary Car Service. They provide a low cost transport service to any medical or therapeutic appointment and also a hospital visiting service at weekends. The service is available to anyone residing in Louth and the surrounding area who is without transport. Their Chairman, Bob Barnes is a member of our committee.

The work of the Forum is summed up by this broad aim; To promote the welfare of older people within the area of benefit. The area covered is approximately; From Ulceby Cross in the south to Holton-le-Clay in the north and from Ludford in the west to Saltfleet in the east. Since some of the areas of Lincolnshire currently have no Seniors’ group, the area covered by each existing forum is by necessity flexible.

Together with the other eight forums, ‘Louth & District’ has representatives from the committee on the Lincolnshire Older People’s Advisory Group. This was launched in the autumn of 2008, and came about when the Association of Lincolnshire Seniors’ Forums achieved ‘OPAG’ status as the Older People’s Advisory Group for Lincolnshire.

Other committee members participate, as representatives of the Louth and District Seniors’ Forum, on other groups including:
the Louth Town Bus Roundtable
the local Voluntary Sector Network
the Community Health Forum based at Louth Hospital
the Quality of Life for Older People Network (Local Strategic Partnership)
the Awareness and Engagement Delivery group (Local Strategic Partnership)
and events run by the Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

More information on the ‘About Us’ page below.