An officers’ report, presented at a Leisure and Development Committee meeting on Tuesday, June 18, sought approval of the plan, which will “enable the council’s age-friendly programme to move into implementation stage”. The report added: “In June 2020, council approved the offer of funding from the Public Health Agency (PHA) to recruit and host an age-friendly coordinator for Causeway Coast and Glens. As a result, council has engaged with community planning partners to develop an Ageing Well Model.
Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. “This work also identified the need for partners to work on the wider ‘Age Friendly’ framework, which was developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to support the development of age-friendly communities. “Following the council’s approval to accept the PHA’s funding, and to facilitate this work, an age-friendly coordinator was appointed in August 2020.
“The main purpose of the coordinator’s role was to work to an agreed set of objectives as specified by the PHA, to drive the implementation of the WHO model strategically across the borough, and to work with internal council partners and external statutory and community / voluntary sector partners. “A co-design process was implemented to ensure older residents in the council were integral contributors to a process that affects them. Advertise.
