Resources Resources on Old Age
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OUTLOOK TRUSTThe Wycliffe Centre, Horsleys Green, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3XL.Tel/Fax:01494 485222 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: www.outlook-trust.org.uk Main aim: Reaching the over-55's with the Love of God, through Jesus Christ. Founded 1992. Interdenominational. Works mainly through voluntary team-members. Outlook Groups meet for prayer and evangelistic events locally throughout the country. Training seminars are offered as needed, or when promoting new resources. National conference alternate years. CHRISTIAN COUNCIL ON AGEINGEpworth House, Stuart Street, Derby DE1 2EQ.Founded 1983. Tel:01858 431227 Fax: 01803 722415 Main aim: to enable churches and individuals to respond to the spiritual needs of people in later life. (Publish some very useful small books in the Good Practice Series and Occasional Papers Series) Send for details. MHA Care GroupA major voluntary provider of housing and care services for over 6,000 older people, originally set up as the Centre for the Spirituality of Ageing at St Monica's, Hinsley Hall to provide resources and training in the area of spirituality and ageing for ministers, pastoral workers, volunteers and family members. The work of the Centre is now carried out from the Leeds Regional Office by Mrs Pam Kent, their Spirituality of Ageing Adviser.Contact Brooklands Court, Tunstall Road, Leeds LS11 5HL Tel: 0113 271 5805 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it THE LEVESON CENTRE for the Study of Ageing, Spirituality and Social PolicyWas founded in January 2001 and aims to be a local and national focus for practical education, training, research and reflection on the role of older people in the 21st century. It produces a newsletter and has a valuable range of publications.For details contact James Woodward, Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson, Temple Balsall, Knowle, Solihull B92 0AL Tel: 01564 730249 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: www.levesoncentre.org.uk PARCHE: (Pastoral Action in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly) founded by Buddy Reeve in 1997 in Eastbourne, which has as its aim ‘to be available to meet the spiritual needs of every elderly person in residential care’. Tel: 01323 438527 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: www.parche.org.uk HIGHTIME(Christian Vocations is an initiative which facilitates service opportunities for those over 50 who wish to use life and career skills to serve God on a voluntary basis)N.B. Hightime is the section of the website of Christian Vocations which is specifically for this age group. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: www.ChristianVocations.org SENIOR VOLUNTEER NETWORK:Contact: 30 Silverwood Avenue, Ravenshead, Nottingham, NG15 9BU.Tel: 01623 793863 Fax: 01623 490724 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: www.svnet.org This is an informal network of Christians who have retired from posts in education, but seek opportunities to continue to be of service. Through the network, organisations that can use help of this kind are linked with volunteers whose experience and qualifications fit the need. |
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