Irene Kohler Westminster Advocacy Service for Senior Residents 24 October 2007 East Housing LIN event Hact’s Older People’s Programme

People living with dignity in inclusive neighbourhoods Hact’s vision

Pioneering housing solutions for people on the margins Hact’s mission Hact’s Older People’s Programme

Identifying emerging need amongst people on the margins Developing, testing & promoting practical solutions for social inclusion Achieving change through partnerships and networks Acting as a bridge between HAs and the wider Third Sector Hact achieves this by Hact’s Older People’s Programme

Older people and ageing The Older People’s Programme: £1 million investment programme UK-wide and run in partnership with sister organisations in Scotland and NI, Lintel Trust and NIHACT Independent evaluation funded by Housing Corporation 19 projects funded between one and three years Major dissemination programme throughout 2007 Hact’s Older People’s Programme

Themes Access and involvement Meeting diverse needs Working in partnership Priority groups BME elders Refugee elders People with mental health problems and/or dementia People living in rural areas Older people and ageing Hact’s Older People’s Programme

The projects Supporting Older People Cambridge Cyrenians, Lorrimore Home & Dry, Sefton Pensioners Advocacy Centre, Westminster Advocacy Services for Senior Residents, Age Concern Boarders Developing new services Age Concern Northumberland, Highland Community Care Forum Lochaber and North and West Sutherland, London Rebuilding Society, Wessex Reinvestment Trust, Abbeyfield Ballachulish Hact’s Older People’s Programme

Improving decision making Care & Repair England, SaathiCARE Using technology Dane Housing (Congleton), Fold HA Supporting minority communities Family HA (Wales), Latin American Women’s Rights Service, 1990 Trust, Milan Senior Welfare Council The projects Hact’s Older People’s Programme

The value of the programme approach – learning together Essential rather than complementary role of the third sector Being innovative – taking risks and having expert help Planning for an ageing society Insights and learning Hact’s Older People’s Programme

Mature partnerships and knowledge Crossing the housing and care divide and contributing to the new policy agenda Investing in what matters for older people Engaging and involving older people Insights and learning Hact’s Older People’s Programme

Want to know more? Look out for: Spark hact insight documents on rural services, new financial products, BME, mental health, assistive technology, and information, advice and advocacy full evaluation report and summary hact / NHF Supporting Older People national conferences in Manchester, 7 Nov, and London, 11 Dec 07 Hact’s Older People’s Programme