All Our Futures: Planning for a Scotland with an Ageing Population
'All Our Futures: Planning for a Scotland with an Ageing Population' was published on March 2007.
All Our Futures is published in three volumes:
Work is underway on the main All Our Futures commitments -
- to set up a Scottish Centre for Intergenerational Practice
- to set up a National Forum on Ageing
- a campaign to combat ageism and promote more positive images of older people
- the national stakeholder event (promised for 2007 - now 2008-09).
The Scottish Centre for Intergenerational Practice has been established, and issued Its first Newsletter in December 2007. Initial priorities were to:
- develop a website, with materials accessible and useable by all, and
- run introductory roadshows across Scotland, held in February and March.
The Centre is working with public, private and voluntary sector organisations, as well as individuals and families, to gather and share best practice, provide information and support, and develop new opportunities for intergenerational working in communities.
The Centre's web-site with more details and information is at www.scotcip.org.uk
The first meeting of the National Forum on Ageing Implementation Group is on 16 September 2008. It is a working group about implementation of All Our Futures, acting as a champion, providing direction to All Our Futures in the current context, and taking thinking forward beyond All Our Futures for new issues and challenges arising. It is chaired by the Minister for Public Health. Its papers and notes of meetings will be on these pages.
The anti-ageism campaign began with a press launch on 4 July at Discovery Point in Dundee, and is running from 7 July to end-September. The message is See the person, not the age. It involves TV advertising over a 9 week period, radio over an 8 week period, press advertising, and public relations work with local authorities and the voluntary sector, e.g. Community Service Volunteers. The link to the campaign is at www.seetheperson.info/
The national stakeholder event is now to be held as 6 or 7 regional events, so more people can share in it. These will be in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Inverness (confirmed) and details have still to be confirmed for the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Perth and Edinburgh/Lothians. The Glasgow event is being held at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 14 November 2008.
Consultation Exercise and evidence gathering
The consultation exercise, Age and Experience: Developing the Strategy for a Scotland with an Ageing Population ran from March 13, 2006 to June 5, 2006.
This attracted a large number of detailed and thoughtful responses from a wide variety of individuals and organisations. Where respondents have given their permission, their responses are available to the public at the Scottish Government Library, which can be contacted on 0131 244 4556.
The responses have been analysed, and the analysis is available in:
Further Qualitative Research in the form of focus groups and interviews was carried out with members of the public, and the findings are also available in:
The consultation was also supported by the Sharing Experience website, which includes further details of the various evidence gathering work carried out in support of the Strategy, such as a telephone survey and a series of seminars organised by external stakeholders, as well as the external Advisory Group.