May 16th 2007 was a very important day in the life of Agewell. It was at the Annual General Meeting that Agewell Sandwell was formed from the six towns of Sandwell.
It was the culmination of much hard work by Agewell members and staff but we now have a new structure in place. This heralds an exciting new phase in Agewell's history and development.
The forums in each of the towns have each had the opportunity to elect up to 10 members to the new central Agewell Sandwell, replacing the Agewell Lay Group.
Agewell Sandwell will continue to carry out the functions of its predecessor the Lay Group including choosing the representatives to boroughwide strategic groups. However, it will be strengthened by new members from the across the Borough ensuring that Agewell continues to represent the views of the borough's older people. This group will have a more strategic approach and a representative from across the 6 towns will be responsible for bringing concerns, issues and opportunities from their local forums to the central group for discussion and action where appropriate. They will also be responsible for taking back information to the forums.
The minutes of the Agewell Sandwell meeting will also be posted on the website to enable the flow of information and to ensure older people who are not members of Agewell have the opportunity to be informed and to inform.
I hope you will want to keep abreast of news and events and to take part as you are able, in helping to shape the decisions that affect older people in Sandwell.
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