Jon Hubbard (Ind) AGE Friendly Melksham has been awarded a £2,044 grant from the National Lottery Local Community Fund to review and develop its Friendly Phone Call service. The service enables the charity to keep in touch with people in the Melksham area who are living by themselves, are isolated and lonely or have lost touch with the community during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Phillipa Huxtable, Age Friendly coordinator, said: “This is such a great opportunity for us. Since the beginning of the pandemic volunteers have made nearly 1,500 calls to support vulnerable people struggling to get through repeated lockdowns and these difficult times; an incredible gift of their time.”
Residents gather for a (pre-COVID) game of chair volleyball.
The Community
Wilton Manors, Florida, a city located just north of Fort Lauderdale, is home to 12,756 residents nearly 25 percent of whom are age 65 or older. In a review of 2010 Census data, researchers at the University of California Los Angeles noted that Wilton Manors has the second highest rate of same-sex couples in the United States: Wilton Manors has 125 gay couples per 1,000 households while San Francisco, by comparison, has 30.
Wilton Manors joined the
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Johnnie Goodnight, liaison to the LGBT+ community and the City of Wilton Manors Community Affairs Advisory Board
Age-Friendly Atlanta, Georgia, and Equity
A look at how the city is working to ensure fair access and opportunities for its older adults
Photo by Evey Wilson/Atlanta Bicycle Coalition
Community members turned frustration into action in May 2019, calling on the city to #RespectCascade. The “Walk a Mile in Cascade’s Shoes” event served as a day of action to generate attention about the prevalence of injuries on Cascade Road and to honor victims, including 52-year-old David Gordon who lost his life in a low-visibility crosswalk.
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Atlanta, Georgia, is a city of a half-million residents, more than half of whom are African American. About 10 percent of Atlantans are age 60 or older. Atlanta