Care & Repair England set up the national older people’s housing champion’s network to:
- raise awareness of the scale and nature of the impact of poor and unsuitable housing on older people’s health and wellbeing
- influence decision making and bring about improvements in policy & practice
Local champions share practice and keep an eye on the ground in their areas on housing and ageing issues, help to coordinate and stimulate local action and act as a source of local intelligence. Care & Repair England offers local champions support on this.
Local champions are: –
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- Diane Minns (Cambridge) dianaminns@hotmail.com and Peter Coeling (corresponding member)
- John Simmons (Derbyshire) jisimmons@btinternet.com – East Midlands
- Ellen Lebethe (Lambeth) elebethe@talktalk.net – London
- Alan Gowers,algowers@gmail.com Esther Salaman esther.s@lineone.net and Vera Bolter (corresponding member) – Newcastle Elders North East http://www.elderscouncil.org.uk/
- Joan Rutherford (Manchester) joan.crystall@btinternet.com – North West
- Marjory Broughton marjorybroughton@gmail.com and Julia Pride juliapride@gmail.com – South East Forum on Ageing (SEEFA) http://www.seefa.org.uk/
- Tony Watts OBE tony@hartleywatts.co.uk, and Judith Brown jaybrown2@blueyonder.co.uk – South West
- Bill Rollinson MBE billrollinson@aol.com http://www.opforum.org.uk/ and John Welham johnwelham@hotmail.co.uk – Leeds/Yorkshire and Humberside http://www.opforum.org.uk/
- Anne Bailey m.bailey1234@btinternet.com and Sue Gillespie sueg52@aol.com-WestMidlands
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For details of the skills and interests of the local champions see Older peoples housing champions skills and interests August 2018
For information on the meetings of the network see Summary of meetings Older People’s Champions
For further information about the network contact Jane Minter Janeminter@careandrepair-england.org.uk
