Leeds Older People’s Forum hosts the Older People’s Hub, one of the equality hubs that helps ensure Leeds City Council engages with and involves the full range of citizens who live in Leeds in its decisions.

About this project

The Hub aims to provide space and support to ensure that older people’s voices are heard. Running monthly meetings at Age UK Leeds, Leeds Older People’s Forum invites older people from around the city to come together and discuss issues that affect them. Each Hub has a theme, and speakers and city leaders are encouraged to join, creating a two-way communication channel.

Aims of the Older People’s Hub

1. Older People’s Voices are heard by Leeds City Council and its services when they are planning their service delivery and in their policy and strategies.
2. Older People’s voices are heard as part of the Equalities Assembly and intersectionality with other protected characteristics
3. Partners and the public have an improved understanding of the issues around Older People’s Lives
4. To form close links between the work of the council on supporting older staff and older people and organisations supporting them on ageing equality

Hub meetings

Each meeting has a theme requested by its attendees. Previous meetings have focused on:

• transport
• digital inclusion
• cost of living
• wellbeing
• technology in the home

Our next Hub:

This flyer is also available as a Word document to assist with screen readers: Older People’s Hub Accessibility Flyer

Equality hubs in Leeds

As well as the Older People’s Hub, there are also the following equality hubs in Leeds:

• Disability
• LGBT+
• Religion or belief
• Women

The hubs are all members of the Equality Hubs Network, which feeds into Leeds Equality Assembly, facilitated by Leeds City Council.

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