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Senior People's Forum

 

West Lothian Senior People's Forum (previously known as the Older People's Forum) was launched on 5th November 2009 with over 50 older people from throughout West Lothian in attendance. 

The purpose of the forum is to provide an opportunity for the Council and local senior people to act in partnership in reviewing and addressing the future challenges we jointly face. In particular, the forum will:

• seek to identify and harness the experience, opinions and desires of senior people offering them an opportunity to express their views on a wide range of issues
• enable communication to be established and maintained between local senior people, the Council and its community planning partners
• enable the Council to consult senior people on its approach in developing local responses to the Scottish Strategy for an Ageing Population
• help support organisations which represent senior people

Please Note: For further information on the process for identifying a Vice Chair for the Forum, or the purpose of the Challenge Fund, please refer to the minutes of February's meeting (see the Downloadable Documents section below). If you wish to be considered for the position of Vice Chair of the Senior Peoples Forum or have any suggestions as to how the Challenge Fund may be used please contact us via the following email address - seniorpeoplesforum@westlothian.gov.uk

Next meeting:   The next meeting of the Senior Peoples Forum is scheduled to take place on the 7th of October 2010, commencing at 1.00pm and finishing at 4.00pm, the venue being the Howden Park Centre in Livingston. Anyone over 60 years of age and who lives within West Lothian is invited to attend, as are organisations which have an interest and who work with older people.

Pensioner Income Maximisation Service

The council has a dedicated team to offer assistance and advice on all types of benefits income to people aged 60 and over. For further details please refer to the leaflets in the Downloadable Documents section below, alternatively please contact the West Lothian Advice Shop:

The Advice Shop
Unit 17 Waverley Industrial Estate
Waverley Street
Bathgate
EH48 4HY

Tel 01506 776444
email: advice.shop@westlothian.gov.uk

Volunteering with the Food Train

The Food Train office is currently being set up in West Lothian and it is expected that the service will be operational from autumn 2010. The Senior People's Forum page will be updated as more information is known. If you would like to volunteer to help with the Food Train please contact 01506 654360.

RESHAPING CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE

The Scottish Government is currently seeking to engage with people of all ages across the country to hear their views on what it is felt the future shape of care and support for older people should look like. To aid this process and provide you with further information the Scottish Government have produced a leaflet and booklet entitled Reshaping Care for Older People . A questionnaire has also been developed which individuals are invited to complete and forward directly to them. In order to assist you links to all of these documents can be found in the Downloadable Documents section at the foot of this web page.

Please note all views and opinions should be submitted directly to the Scottish Government via any of the following routes:
 
By Email: reshapingcare@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
By Telephone: 0131 244 4020
By writing to: The Reshaping Care Team
                    The Scottish Government
                    Primary and Community Care Directorate
                    Floor 3 East Rear
                    St Andrew's House
                    Regent Road
                    Edinburgh
                    EH1 3DG