A voice for over-50s

2:27pm Tuesday 12th February 2013 in News

THE leader of Burnley Council is encouraging residents to attend the Burnley Over-50s’ Forum.

Coun Julie Cooper said: “The Over-50s’ Forum can play a vital role in getting the views, and concerns, of older people across, and I can assure them the council will listen. I will make it a priority.

“The forum can help shape council policy and services, and play its part as an important voice for the older community. That’s why I attend its meetings, and why I’d like to see more people becoming members.”

Anyone who wants more information can email Wynne Barnes at wynneb@talktalk.net or BP50Forum@burnley.gov.uk

Comments(5)

mpmorley says...
9:25am Wed 13 Feb 13

Fantastic,a lot of "older people",may not have e-mail,so a little more detail in the article would have been nice,say a telephone number or a postal address.
Does the lack of content mean that they do not want "old grumpies",going to the meetings?

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janie64 says...
10:08am Wed 13 Feb 13

I wondered where this was also reading the article but....
....on snooping online managed to find a site where organisations were listed and discovered it is at Town Hall, Burnley but unless one has the internet as mpmoney says, one wouldn't know this!!!
I am not quite 50 yet (another yr plus to go) but I wouldn't say I am one of the 'older people' especially when I am going to have to work until I am, what, 66 now (or has my older memory let me down???).

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janie64 says...
10:09am Wed 13 Feb 13

Oops...sorry it was mpmorley! No not another memory lapse, your user name wasn't quite insight!

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mpmorley says...
10:37am Wed 13 Feb 13

you have done better than I,a search of the Burnley council website resulted in not being able to find a reference to the Over 50's Forum,and certainly no mention of when or where the next meeting is.

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DaveBurnley says...
1:34pm Wed 13 Feb 13

There's a bit about it here, but is seems to be out of date!





http://www.feedbacko
nline.org.uk/forum/5
063/

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