Edinburgh - Get up and go
"Get up and Go is a programme of events and activities for Edinburgh residents aged 50 and over."Edinburgh Get up and go… more
In 2009, The Network (with support from the Department of Health) produced a guide to good practice in libraries' work with older people. The information in the guide has been added to and updated with further case studies.
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"Get up and Go is a programme of events and activities for Edinburgh residents aged 50 and over."Edinburgh Get up and go… more
Report by Margaret Sloan of the seminar in Genoa, with contributors from Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK. (2012)Libraries involving older people and volunteers… more
Update to the "Good Practice Guide", highlighting initiatives in provision for older people.Written by Margaret Sloan, The Network, 2011.Library services for older people - good practice guide update: Recent Initiatives… more
Brief report by Helen Connery about libraries' work in Birmingham.Birmingham Digital Inclusion project… more
Report by Lynda Martin for Cambridgeshire Library Service, which outlines the scope of the EngAGE sessions (which include digital inclusion, activities, talks, etc).Cambridgeshire Engage in the Afternoon… more
"The Mature and Active programme continues to operate in partnership with East Cambridgeshire District Council( Sports Development Officers), Care Network , Ely Paradise Sports Centre, Burwell Sports Centre, Living Sport and Herward Housing. Focus of the project is to develop well being in older people to encourage and educate a healthy… more
This was a parallel pilot project to that running in Birmingham, and outlines the developments that Devon Libraries made. (2011)Devon IT at home project… more
"In this research Essex libraries used the Generic Social Outcomes framework, a research model used by the museums, libraries and archives sector, to investigate the wider social benefits of library use for older people, i.e. retired people, particularly those aged 75 and over." (2011) Essex - Impact of library use… more
Report by Essex Libraries on their daytime reading group provision. (2009)Essex - GSO Daytime Reading Group… more
Report by Deborah Mbofana on how to evaluate an event. (2011)Hillingdon - evaluation of coffee morning… more
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