We will be out and about again this Wednesday the 13th of October. We are dropping in to the St. Sampsons Centre between 9:30am and 1pm and also Centre@Burnholme between 10am and 11:30am. We are continuing to support older people in York at this difficult time with our free, confidential advocacy service. We provide information [...]
We're happy to tell you that our bid to the National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities has been successful, and they are giving us £252,426 of this over 4 years for Advocacy Support for older people in York. Each year the project will support between 300-350 older people. The project aims to make a difference [...]
We are continuing to provide support for our older citizens in York through Outreach as well as from the office. This next week we will be visiting: Monday 20th September 11am to 1pm - The Red Tower on Foss Islands Road Tuesday 21st September 10:30am to 12pm - Acomb Library on Front Street [...]
We are delighted to announce that on Wednesday the 8th of September we are dropping in to the St. Sampsons Centre between 9:30am and 1pm and also Centre@Burnholme between 10am and 12 noon. St. Sampsons Centre We are continuing to support older people in York at this difficult time with our free, confidential advocacy [...]
You are cordially invited to the: OCAY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - OLDER CITIZENS ADVOCACY YORK - Thursday 23rd September 10:30 for coffee and an 11:00 start either in person or on Zoom Please come and hear our guest Speaker: Sir Alistair Graham, Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, 2004-2007. Please use the Eventbrite link below to book your [...]
Chelsea Martin and Edward Craske have organised this fundraising event on behalf of OCAY. Chelsea is one of our trustees and will be doing the run with Ed on the 5th of September. Please support us by sharing the link and donating. https://gofund.me/89f64fbf
The Aviva Community Fund Crowdfunder is open. You can help us by clicking here! Please pledge your support to our bid and share our link to raise awareness about our project: Helping Older People to Maximise their Income. The project will run until Tuesday 21st September 2021. We want to support older people to increase [...]
We have just completed our report for our Quarter 1 Stats (April-June 2021). OCAY volunteers have supported 129 older people so far, this financial year. 60% of our clients were female, whilst 40% were male. Thank you to everyone who has signposted older people to OCAY, you have really helped us to help older people. [...]
York Older People Assembly are looking for a new Admin Assitant. This is a part-time positon, 8 hours a week. The job purpose is to be the first line of contact to York Older People Assembly in a friendly and professional manner via all communication channels and To provide efficient day-to-day administrative, financial and business [...]
Healthwatch York want to hear from people with lived experience, the experts on living with dementia. They are creating a report exploring how support after a dementia diagnosis is experienced in York and what needs improvement. Healthwatch want to produce a report that helps others living with dementia in York through the listening and sharing [...]
