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Do you have a flair for design and want to put that to good use, if you do get those creative juices flowing and design a logo for the brand new "Access Eastbourne" initiative, a project of the Disability Involvement Group (DIG). The prize for the winning entry is a meal for two courtesy of "Spice Garden", Church Street, Old Town. Disability Champion and Chair of the Access Eastbourne Steering Group, Councillor Andrew Goodwin says “Access Eastbourne is a very exciting and important initiative for our town and it currently has one thing missing, an equally exciting and eye-catching Logo. Steering Group members would like to rectify this by way of a Notice of Annual General Meeting The ESF AGM will be held on Thursday 2nd July at the Town Hall Assembly Rooms (Passenger lift available) starting at 2.30 pm (Doors open at 2pm). Members Only. Agenda
Following the AGM, there will be a short break for refreshments following which the meeting will be opened to all, and the Leader of Eastbourne Borough Council, Cllr. David Tutt, will speak on local issues and answer members' questions. Questions for Cllr. Tutt should be sent to: ESF or telephoned to Steve Thornett on 01323-479846 The meeting will close at 4:30pm. ESF Committee Vacancies The ESF committee has vacancies for four new members. If you feel you have useful skills and can spare a small amount of time, you will be very welcome. Please write to the address above, or come to the meeting on 2nd July and speak to the ESF Chairman, Steve Thornett. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day The International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) announces the 4th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15, 2009. Doorstep selling rights – information for elderly consumers The Office of Fair Trading is keen to bring the following message to elderly consumers in particular. Spend more than £35 with a trader in your home and in most cases you have 7 days to change your mind and cancel. Your right to cancel should be given to you in writing by the trader. If you’re not given this information, they can’t hold you to anything in the contract. If you decide to cancel you must let the trader know in writing within 7 days of being told about your right to cancel. Keep a copy of your letter or email as proof of cancellation. Think carefully before you agree to have any work done or goods delivered within the seven days, as you might have to pay if you then decide to cancel. For more information and advice call Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06 or visit www.consumerdirect.gov.uk If you deal with the elderly or their carers leaflets are available from 0800 389 3158 or email oft@ecgroup.co.uk (quote stock code: OFT1023). BT Direct Debit Scam Please beware of telephone calls, in the evening, supposedly from BT. The caller says that the subscriber's Direct Debit request has been refused by the bank and demands payment by Debit Card. Full details, on the Eastbourne Neighbourhood Panels website Shaping Voices Creative Reminiscence project Were you living in Eastbourne or did you visit Eastbourne during the 50s and 60s? If so, shaping voices would love to meet you. Click here for more information or to download a poster Health and Well-being Special Interest Group Launched See Health and Well-being page > > Directory of Sports and Leisure Facilities for the Over-fifties launched See Health and Well-being page > > ESF News Issue 2 Issue 2 of ESF News is currently being distributed. Click here to download a copy
Calling all returning Ex-Pats The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), have been commissioned to carry out a piece of research for Age Concern, looking at the growing number of older British citizens (60+) who return to Britain having lived abroad. Alongside mapping the scale and nature of British remigration, we are exploring the challenge for service delivery. Democracy Challenge This Monday ESF was invited along with ESSA to provide Seniors to compete in a `Democracy Challenge` between East Sussex County Councillors and the East Sussex Youth Cabinet This was to promote intergenerational links. It took place at the Archery Youth Centre in Seaside and ran throughout the morning with an excellent sandwich lunch to conclude. The various challenges were judged by a panel inc Cllr Bob Lacey Chair of ESCC and I am pleased to tell you that Blue Lightning won the Challenge and the team was awarded a `silver` cup and the members got a gold medal each The concept was part of a County initiative to develop intergenerational relationships between Youth and Seniors and was deemed to have been a great success which will be repeated in different forms on an ongoing basis. Steve Thornett Chairman ESF Sovereign Centre Improvements Members will probably remember the letter to Cllr. David Tutt by Walter James of the ESF expressing concerns over condition of the Sovereign Centre swimming pool and changing areas. ESF Chairman, Steve Thornett has been contacted by the newly appointed Partnership Manager for The Sovereign Centre and Motcombe Swimming Pool with an update on progress on the refurbishment of the centre. It's good to see that our collective voice is not only being heard, but being listened to. Click here to see the letter > > Mobile phone scam ESF launches "E-newsletter" The first issue of the new ESF electronic newsletter has now been distributed. If you did not receive it and would like to be included on the distribution for future issues, click here If you did receive it, we hope you found it interesting. However, if you do not want to receive future issues, click here East Sussex County Council Chairman, Bob Lacey OBE said: "Congratulations on your new newsletter. You are keeping up with technology and informing people at the same time. That's great news!" Unwitting motorists face £1,000 fines as thousands of photocard driving licences expire Thousands of motorists are at risk of being fined up to £1,000 because they are unwittingly driving without a valid licence. Health and Well-being Day to be held at the Congress Suite in Eastbourne Town Centre on Tuesday the 17th March 2009. Volunteer community drivers wanted Could you be a travel companion Welcome to Eastbourne Seniors Forum –ESF ESF has been set up along with many others across the country to be a voice for the over 50s Membership for over 50s is open to all who live or work in Eastbourne and its surroundings Following a very successful launch on April 14th we are now seeking to bring together all the members who have offered to get involved in some way or other and form and develop groups with particular interests –See links on the left. The first issue of ESF News, the Forum's newsletter has been published and, if you would like to view it, you can download a copy Do click on the various links to other sites full of information on different subjects of interest to over 50s Unsolicited telephone calls Eastbourne Police would like to warn residents about a scam that has been happening around the country and may have started in the Eastbourne area. Elderly residents are targeted by a mobility firm selling made to measure arm chairs that they sell at unreasonably inflated prices. Sgt Julian Williams said “ If you have been subject to this or have any information, please contact your local trading standards office before committing yourself to purchase “ Roger Cohen, East Sussex Trading Standards advice is - Do you receive calls that say you have won that Caribbean cruise? Do you get plagued by sales people ringing you to change your gas or electricity supplier? Are you expecting a call from a company to give you the latest discount on double glazing? These cold calls can be reduced by registering your telephone with the Telephone Preference Service. This can be completed easily on line at the TPS website or if you do not have access to the internet ask for assistance at Consumer Direct 08454 040506. Remember that prize offer is unlikely to be true and it is your choice about changing utility supplies or contractors. For Trading Standards approved contractors contact the Buy with Confidence team on 01323 463440. If you are unsure politely put the phone down – you are in control of your phone. Eastbourne Residents Demand Action on Ageism from Local MP The Passing of John Appleyard Eastbourne Arndale Centre sets Age Cage record. Eastbourne Seniors Forum open meeting 19/9/2008 Terri and Colin tie the knot Eastbourne Seniors Forum takes off for 2008 Volunteers needed for WRVS coffee shops in DGH. Final Meeting of the Eastbourne Forum for Older People
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