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Date/Time
Date(s) - 22/03/2018
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location
West London Synagogue
Categories
Keynote speakers:
Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, West London Synagogue
Caroline Abrahams, Director, Age UK
Trish Powell, Executive Producer, Channel 4’s documentary: The Old People’s Home for Four-Year-Olds
Sophie Andrews OBE, Chief Executive, The Silver Line
Join us to learn about local and nationwide initiatives taking place to combat loneliness and isolation including practical workshops to take back to your communities. We will conclude the day with a special plenary chaired by Rabbi Miriam Berger.
Workshops to choose from are:
| Morning Workshops 11:30-12:30 (M) | Speaker/s |
| M1. Age UK – What does Age UK do and how we can use them locally? | Jill Mortimer, Policy Manager, Age UK |
| M2. Old age is like everything else, to make a success of it, you’ve got to start young! | Wendy Stolerman, Senior Family Carers Support Worker, Jewish Care Jackie Kramer, Team Manager Community Support and Social Work Team, Jewish care |
| M3. How can we identify the needs of our community – ‘I am better, Now‘ | Rabbi Mark Goldsmith, Alyth Synagogue |
| M4. Volunteering: An answer to tackling isolation and Loneliness | Lia Bogod, Jewish Voluntary Network |
| M5. How loneliness and dementia go hand in hand? How can we become a Dementia friendly Community? | Gill Yentis, Dementia Development Practitioner, Jewish Care |
| M6. 21st Century teens, more in touch but so much more lonely | Sharon Daniels, Welfare Officer, Reform Judaism |
| Afternoon Workshops 14:30-15:30 (A) | Speaker/s |
| A1. Can synagogues contribute to ending loneliness? | Campaign to End Loneliness |
| A2. Old age is like everything else, to make a success of it, you’ve got to start young! | Wendy Stolerman, Senior Family Carers Support Worker, Jewish Care Jackie Kramer, Team Manager Community Support and Social Work Team, Jewish care |
| A3. Setting up support groups in our communities | Rabbi Helen Freeman, West London Synagogue Jo Michaels, Social Care Coordinator, West London Synagogue |
| A4. Reaching out to the Bereaved amongst us | Lynette Sunderland, Director of Welfare and Life Cycle, Alyth Synagogue |
| A5. Bringing Young and Old Together: exploring different models of Intergenerational engagement | Judith Ish Horovicz, MBE, Principal, Apples and Honey Nursery |
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Who is it for? Communities’ pastoral care teams and all members who are interested in care in their community.
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Travel subsidies will be given to all those travelling from outside the M25 including northern communities
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For further info and assistance in building a care team please contact Jo Michaels on jo@rjuk.org
Registration for this event is now closed
Please contact Amit on 020 8349 5693 for further inquiries
Many thanks,
Communities that Care Initiative Team