Committee and Officer Bearers for 2011 are

John Heywood (Chair), Mary Finch (Vice Chair), Glad Haith (Secretary), Morag Judd  (Treasurer), Bob Barnes, Marjorie Barnes, Margaret Brown, Roger Irving, George Sizer and Vera Williamson.  There is still space and opportunity for one or two others to join the team.

Committee meetings are 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)
Sometimes a speaker is invited to committee meetings to tell us about new services for older people, proposals for commissioning new services or perhaps a consultation document so that we can respond with our views, observations and ideas.
There is a 37 year span of ages on the committee so please volunteer if you wish to get involved no matter your age.  All office bearers and committee members are elected each year and are members of the Forum.  No one is signing up for life!
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.

Walking Group. It is hoped that this year, we can become one of the walking groups that meet weekly and are facilitated and led by trained walk leaders: this will be organised with the District Council’s Walks Officer.  More information will be printed in the February newsletter.

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

Committee members participate, as representatives of the Louth and District Seniors’ Forum, on other groups including:
- the Community Liaison Group about the Council’s Care Home
- 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 Specialist Network of the Local Strategic Partnership
- the Awareness and Engagement Delivery Group of the above specialist network and
- Intergenerational events.

When it is possible (and when we are invited!), members of the committee participate in day or half day workshops, consultation events or discussion groups run by the Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, the District Council, Lincolnshire County Council or NHS Lincolnshire.

If you are interested in joining the committee, or for that matter the forum (which is free to join), then please get in touch by emailing louthseniors@yahoo.co.uk or ringing 0797 488 0157 or writing to the address below.

In November 2010, Louth and District Seniors’ Forum brought out a 68 page Directory of Useful Information for Older People.  Older people in the Louth and District area are welcome to ask for a copy to be sent to them by post.  It can also be downloaded from www.aroundlouth.org.uk/directory

More information on the ‘About Us’ and ‘Welcome’ pages - see below.