1. Introducing Project 360° Heather Ferguson Project Manager 12 June 2018
Project 360° is funded by the Aged Veterans Fund initiated by the Chancellor using LIBOR money. Age Cymru is a registered charity
Company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales

2. Today’s presentation
Project 360°?
Aim
Activities
Support from you

3. What is Project 360°?

4. What is Project 360 ° ? Partnership project between: Age Cymru
Woody’s Lodge
Age Alliance Wales
Wales wide until March 2020
Supporting older military veterans, aged 65 or over
Funded by Aged Veterans Fund

5. Staff members Project Manager – Heather Ferguson
Partnership Officer (South Wales) - Helen Shaw
Partnership Officer (North Wales) - Steve Boswell

6. Project partners

7. Woody’s Lodge www.woodyslodge.org
Established day centre currently based in Sully
All ages of veterans and emergency services
Primarily offer veterans space and time to be themselves

8. Why older veterans?

9. Why older veterans… Estimated 124,000 older veterans in Wales
Lack of current data
Unique experiences and needs of veterans

10. What is our aim?

11. Project aim
The overall aim of Project 360° is to improve all round support for older military veterans across Wales, whilst ensuring that they are kept at the heart of the process.

12. How will we do this?

13. Project activity Internal mapping of Age Alliance Wales services
Engagement with older veterans across Wales
Allocation of internal grant funding
Support development of Woody’s Lodge
Work with armed forces charities, Armed Forces Champions and other organisations

14. What are we hoping to achieve?

15. Outcomes for Project 360 ° ?
Increase access to Age Alliance Wales services
Improved flow of information, and partnership working
Sustainability for Woody’s Lodge
Improvement of targeting and planning
Add to existing research in Wales
Improve quality of life for older military veterans

16. Progress to date

17. Work to date - AAW Age Alliance Wales internal mapping
AAW service mapping
Older veteran engagement

18. Veteran engagement
Keeping veteran’s, and those that support them, at the heart of the service development.
Key tool is a questionnaire to cover all the areas we need to discuss with veterans.

19. How you can support us...

20. We need your support... Can we please ask for your help to:
Spread the word about the project
Help us identify older veterans, or those that support them to take part in our work
Help us identify groups or organisations for us to talk to about our work

21. Contact details:
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