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Changing Ageing Partnership in Northern Ireland CARDI Conference, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Changing Ageing Partnership in Northern Ireland CARDI Conference, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Outcomes, Lessons and Messages from the Independent Evaluation of the Changing Ageing Partnership in Northern Ireland CARDI Conference, November 2011 people lives communities people lives communities Overview The
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Introducing CAP
5 year change programme to increase older people’s voice and influence at a local and policy level:
Develop evidence-based research to inform policy and practice development Advocate on behalf of older people Build the capacity of older people and organisations to fight for older people’s rights Improve the advocacy skills of
- lder people
Age Concern NI - improve older people’s advocacy through local & regional forums & raising age awareness more widely Help the Aged NI - build capacity of the age sector to fight for older people’s rights through community development approaches, better networking and communications Queens University Belfast - generate knowledge and promote its use through research based evidence to inform policy and practice. Worker’s Educational Association – increase learning and skills development of older people so that they start advocating for themselves.
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An independent evaluation - NDTi
Phase 1: Stock-take “where are we now?” April-Oct 2009 Phase 2: What’s changing, for whom, how & why; progress in achieving objectives. Nov 2009 - March 2010 Phase 3: Assessing the impact of CAP on increasing
- lder people’s influence on policy & practice in NI.
Working with local evaluators April 2010-March 2011 Phase 4: Sharing & embedding “what works” April – October 2011
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Four Key Impacts – CAP has contributed to:
- 1. Stronger partnership-working on
- lder people’s advocacy:
Developing new opportunities Enduring cross-sectoral working in Northern Ireland Streamlining the work of the Partners involved in CAP.
- 2. Increasing voices of older
people:
New channels of communication & engagement Opportunities created for older people’s participation Increased confidence & lobbying skills
- 3. Shifting attitudes towards
ageing and older people:
A greater awareness and profile of
- lder people
More sophisticated debates with and about older people Moving to a social justice model
- 4. Raising the political profile on
ageing and older people:
Older people and ageing on a par with other policy agendas More organised and effective influencing and campaigning activities.
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Five Major lessons
1. Understanding the diversity of older people and ageing in Northern Ireland 2. Increasing the strength of older people’s voices through co- production 3. Developing and sustaining effective partnership working 4. Clarifying and tracking the outcomes of partnerships 5. Translating research into actions that promote older people’s advocacy
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Priorities for the Future [carry on learning!]
Ongoing improvement of advocacy activities and practices - engage and amplify the voices of diverse older people in Northern Ireland; Formal mechanism for integrating different advocacy activities, disciplines and sectors - prepare for an ageing society, challenge negative attitudes and enhance older people’s voice/influence; Channel future investments in major social change programmes in Northern Ireland, and agree methods for measuring progress towards the changes these programmes are designed to achieve; Creating more opportunities for reflection and learning
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Proposed mechanism : An Age Advocacy Alliance for Northern Ireland
- 1. Developing a shared vision, aims and desired outcomes to
guide diverse advocacy activities from Autumn 2011.
- 2. Translating evidence about the design of and outcomes from
- lder people’s advocacy over the last 5 years
- 3. Ensuring older people’s voices are central and role modelling
co-production: membership, determining priorities, delivery of functions/activities
- 4. Role modelling partnership working at strategic, policy level:
using the “top tips” on partnership working identified by CAP funders, partners and evaluators
- 5. Creating opportunities for reflection and ongoing learning so
that knowledge about what works is shared and problems resolved
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