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     Our new office is now at The Poplars, Lightmoor, Telford, TF4 3QN.    The telephone number is 211410.    You can contact our Forum Administrator, Chris Fox, on that number or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

The Next Full Forum Meeting will be on Monday  13th July

We will meet at Oakengates Theatre (The Place) at 10am for 10.30am.     The theme will be "The Changing Face of Telford  -  for Better or Worse?"       The speakers will be Michael Barker, Head of Planning and Environment, Jonathan Rowe, Head of Leisure and Culture and Dave Otley, Head of Parks.      They will be explaining all the changes that are being planned and give you the opportunity to put questions.     

     There will be a variety of stalls providing advice on many topics.     Before the meeting there will be tea and  coffee and light refreshments will be provided afterwards.

 

 

Who Cares? Who Pays? Meeting, April 2009

        212 members listened with interest to a presentation by Richard Webb,Corporate Director of Adult Social Care, Telford and Wrekin District Council about proposals for adult social care in the future under the 'Putting People First' initiative.    view  of the audience This will bring about radical changes to the provision of care to older people with the emphasis being on caring for people in their own homes.     As is the case today the success of the scheme will depend on the funding available and is likely to be insufficient.  

 

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Outcome of the Dementia Survey


     The report produced by the Forum together with members of the Alzheimer’s Society has been published as a 24 page booklet and circulated to the Department of Health, local MPs, the council, PCT, hospital trust, the National Dementia Strategy consultation and many other local organisations.     
   
 It made 14 recommendations:-
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