Emma Gwynne, LinkAge Network’s Community Development Co-ordinator for South Bristol, has a few thoughts on bingo… On my travels around South Bristol community groups …
Community Development News
LinkAge Network and Severnside Community Rail Partnership are very excited to be in the running for a national award for the video ‘Overcoming loneliness …
LinkAge Network’s Community Development Officer for North Bristol, Tracy Edwards-Brown, attended the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) Awards and Gala evening on 3 …
Take a look at Severnside Community Rail Partnership’s brilliant short film about our Games on the Train initiative. The film has reached the shortlist …
Community Development Coordinator for Central and East Bristol, Wendy Harris, has worked with residents and local groups from Speedwell over the last few months to plan a Big Picnic in the Park, bringing the local community together.
Hi! My name is Emma and I have recently started with LinkAge as Community Development Coordinator for South Bristol, covering Magda’s maternity leave.
Tracy Edwards-Brown, Community Development Co-ordinator for North Bristol, and Lisa Dicker, resident volunteer in Sea Mills, spent Friday 14th June presenting Games on the Train to a room of 200 people at the GWR Community Rail Partnership conference.
The Clifton Over 50’s Forum held an early evening, information event on 19th June at All Saints Church in Clifton. The purpose of the event was to showcase the variety of activities, support and services for over 50’s in the city, and to enable local residents to make new connections.
Over 30 people attended Let’s Connect, an event held by LinkAge Network and Ambition Lawrence Weston earlier this month, looking at how we can all work together so no one should ever feel lonely.
Aged 40+ and have a spare moment to complete our short questionnaire? The questionnaire is part of research which we have commissioned the University of Bristol to undertake, and will inform how we work to prevent people becoming isolated and lonely in later life.
Snack, Chat and Reminisce was an event supported and funded by LinkAge Network that started the celebrations of Sea Mills 100th birthday. The event saw 52 people attend to share photographs and stories about their lives in Sea Mills, and meet neighbours and friends who they hadn’t seen for years.
In early 2018 BAB and LinkAge Network worked together to run a series of trainings for staff and volunteers in BAB-funded projects. These trainings focused on three of the groups traditionally at greater ‘risk’ of loneliness and social isolation; older people with hearing loss, sight loss/dual sensory loss and experience of substance misuse.