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Over the hill? aims to highlight the challenges faced by those growing older in the countryside and question assumptions about the services rural older people want and need.
See most recent update here.
Our new DVD featuring eight best practice case studies is now available to view online - see below.
Two breakfast seminars were held in Herefordshire to promote the Over the hill? campaign DVD resource. Parish councillors, advisory groups, charities and housing associations were brought together for screenings in Leominster (26 October) and Hereford (1 November). The event was being co-hosted by Age Concern Hereford and Localities. For further information, contact janb@ruralmedia.co.uk.
A full report, written by our Project Researcher Nick le Mesurier, is also available.
In the second phase of the project, we have been developing a short TV film to highlight the challenges faced by those planning to retire to the countryside. The film stars Doreen Mantle, Joan Blackham and Rob Swinton and will be launched at Borderlines Film Festival 2012.
With our partners (Age UK, ACRE and BBC English Regions), we will be lobbying policy makers across the country to take note of our campaign findings. Together we aim to reach a wide audience and to raise awareness of what it’s really like to live as an older person in the English countryside.
If you would like to be kept informed as the project develops, please contact janb@ruralmedia.co.uk. Please also contribute to our Over the hill? blog.
The ‘best practice’ case studies:
Dorset POPP (Partnership for Older People Programme):
Esk Moors Caring:
Waltham House, Derbyshire:
Housing Options, Derbyshire:
Connecting Communities, Lincolnshire:
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