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Making The Case, Research Articles, Training Materials (2) ......................A growing body of evidence exists to support the need for, and value of, providing tailored and appropriate activities for people in their 'midlife' stages of life. The links on this page will take you to documents which are intended to help you make the case for a focus on midlife activity and provide factors to consider when developing services.
This page contains links to documents which are over 500kb in size. 'Direct Downloads' contains smaller documents which can be downloaded directly from this site.
Equalities Project Proofing Toolkit
The E.A.S.T. Sports Equality Team have produced a 'Proofing Toolkit' to help people and organisations providing services in sport and physical activity to think about some considerations which will help their services be more accessible to under-represented groups including midlife and older people. The toolkit also provides useful websites and case studies. Media and Research Articles Age No Barrier To Activity (article focussing on 50-65 year olds.) Don't Stop Me Now - Preparing For An Ageing Population. (Audit Commission Report published July 2008 with recommendations for local councils.) Sport And The Ageing Population: Do Older People Have A Place In Driving Up Participation In Sport? The Gap Years: Rediscovering Midlife As The Route To Healthy Active Ageing. (A full report on the evaluation of the Health Development Agency Pre-Retirement pilots, which took place 2001 - 2003) Monitoring & Evaluation Measuring Impact:Improving The Health and Wellbeing Of People In Midlife and Beyond. This document was produced as a result of the Health Development Agency Pre-Retirement Pilots (2001 - 2003) and provides information on a variety of methods which can be used to measure the effectiveness of interventions including questionnaires, routine information, capturing experiences, reflective diaries, photography & videos, and measuring cost effectiveness/benefits. Sport England Monitoring & Evaluation Toolkit. (A document providing guidance on collecting information on sports and physical activity related projects) Training & Related DocumentsSenior Peer Mentoring Training Later Life Training have announced four one day Senior Peer Mentoring courses for 2007, one of which is taking place in the Eastern Region in Cambridge on the 18th October. The courses are intended for professionals working to promote physical activity amongst older people, to enable them to undertake their own local training of Senior Peer Mentors with a specific focus on physical activity. Bespoke training can also be provided for local partnerships and stakeholders. Click on the link above to access a wide range of information on Senior Peer Mentoring training and programmes. Page Last Updated - 23/08/2008 |   |
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