Rate Our Service.
This is an online survey set up by Hackney Link. In their own words:
We want to hear your views on how good/poor your local service is, i.e. can you get a GP appointment when you need one? Can you get an NHS Dentist that offers a full range of NHS services?
Our research shows people do not complain, for fear of reprisal, they do not believe anything will happen or simply just do not have the time. The ‘Rate Our Service’ scorecard allows you to leave your opinion on what you think without having to disclose your name and address.
Rate Our Service web address: http://rateourservice.co.uk/hackney/ .
Your invitation.
Agewell in Hackney has decided to offer us an extra party on Tuesday 29 November 2011.
We won’t start until about 3.30 pm, so as not to interfere with the ‘Internet for Beginners’ session.
People attending the ‘refurbished computers’ workshop – we are quite used to the idea of having a workshop and a party in the same space at the same time. It always works out very well. And it won’t be a wild riotous shindig – more like a normal Agewell Computer Club with food for the body as well as the mind.
Who should come and why?
Everybody aged 50 to 65. Agewell in Hackney has a new health-and-wellbeing questionnaire which should be completed by as many mid-lifers as possible, as soon as possible. It’s anonymous, very short – and very important for future funding.
When and where.
Tuesday 23 August 2011.- Meeting Point: AgeUK Hackney, 22 Dalston Lane, E8 3AZ.
- Leave AgeUK: 9.30 am.
- Return: 3.30 pm.
Bring your own picnic and something to sit on. Wear comfortable footwear and clothing.
Call Carol to book a place on 020 7241 5908.
Agewell in Hackney invites you to a Tea Dance where you will dance the afternoon away at the Piccadilly Community Centre.
- Meet at: Age Concern Hackney, 22 Dalston Lane, E8 3AZ .
- When:
Friday 22 July 2011 (12.00 sharp).
Booking is essential as places are limited!
Please call Carol on 020 7241 5908 or email caroldavis@ageconcernhackney.org.uk by 15 July.
Looking after all of you.
When?
Tuesday 26 July 2011 (11 am to 4 pm).
Where?
Fellows Court Community Centre, Weymouth Terrace, E2 8LR.
What?
- Free Health Checks.
- Stalls with free information.
- Get tips on improving your health.
- Life style information.
- Talk to health professionals.
- Get some answers.
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- Pamper sessions.
- Yoga Taster session.
- Meditation Taster sessions.
- Refreshments/Lunch.
- Entertainment.
- Presentation by Patrick Morgan Stroke Project.
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To book a place.
Call Carol 020 7241 5908 .
Workshop: Tuesday 28 June 2011 (3 to 4.30 pm).
This special workshop will be led by the developers of Hackney iCare – a site under development that will be hosted by the Hackney Council website. Hackney iCare will be a hub for preventative and social care services, will be a place for carers and local service providers, and will give information about the services and allow people to carry out some transactions online. Its development is part of the Transformation of Adult Social Care Programme (TRASC).
This workshop will have a specific purpose. It will be more than just a demo of the new site – our visitors are also hoping for feedback on their strategy and what they have done so far. You could think of it as a brief focus group exercise – but about the design of an entire digital service, not just web pages.
Why is it so important?
The idea of providing all this information in one place online is admirable, but TRASC’s own research has produced evidence that less than 12% of the ‘adult social care client group’ use the Internet as a source of information, less than 10% use the Internet regularly, and two-thirds said they never use it. So – if the new site is going to be the primary source of information, most of the people who need it will not receive it – unless further steps are taken to ensure their digital inclusion. The iCare developers are clearly aware of the scale of the problem, and are now looking carefully at how their service users actually do receive information. Their visit is just one of a series of consultations intended to elicit responses across the borough.
Why might this be one of the most interesting workshops ever?
Because this is a genuine front-line digital inclusion problem for which a solution must be found – far removed from the whimsy of the various national campaigns we are exposed to. We know that many agewellers are interested in these issues. As an example, before the end of the ‘refurbished computers’ workshop last week, we had stopped talking about buying bits of hardware and had moved on to the social context in which the Internet is used. At this special iCare workshop, that will be our starting point.
Web links.
Please reserve your workshop place.
Reserve your place by sending an email to acc@lawns.org.uk (and please read your email again soon after for our reply, as our workshops get over-subscribed very quickly). When you send your email to reserve, please tell us if you are a carer, or affected by changes in policy or practice of adult social care in Hackney – because we want to give priority to those people.
Also on the same day …
iMen50+ at Spurs FC.
The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation has arranged a seven-week course ‘Introduction to the Internet’ for men who are aged 50 or over.
- Start date:
Friday 17 June 2011 (10 am to 12).
- Venue: Spurs Learning Zone, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, N17 0AP.
- To sign up: phone 020 8365 5138.
They say that …
The course will teach you to:
- Set up an email account.
- Search a specific topic of interest.
- Browse the best summer holiday deals.
- Find trustworthy and reliable health information.
- Research your family tree.
- Find old school or army friends.
- Work with digital photos and send them onto your family and friends.
Residents of Haringey have priority – but all other older men are eligible, and the course is far from full.
This is Men’s Health Week, 13 to 19 June 2011.
The campaign this year will focus on how new technologies can be used to improve men’s health.
Web links.
