Cyflwynwyd gan:Cllr. Dilwyn Morgan
Decision:
The proposal to apply for an Age Friendly Wales
accreditation for Gwynedd and ensure a broad ownership across the Council and
its partners to the proposal to strengthen the age-friendly features to receive
the accreditation, was approved and supported.
Minutes:
The report was submitted by Cllr Dilwyn
Morgan.
DECISION
To
approve and support the proposal to apply for an Age Friendly Wales accreditation
for Gwynedd and secure a broad ownership across the Council and its partners to
the proposal to strengthen the age-friendly features in order
to be accredited.
DISCUSSION
The report was submitted, and the member confirmed that it was National
Intergenerational Week. It was reported
that 15 countries world-wide were taking part in activities this week, and
there was great pride in the fact that Wales was one of four countries
organising the events.
It was reported that there was close collaboration with Bangor University
in the hope of establishing an Intergenerational Centre in Gwynedd.
It was explained that the Cabinet's permission was required to apply for
the age-friendly accreditation, and should the application be successful, it
would enable the Council to have ownership of the work and to lead on it. The
officer elaborated further that Gwynedd was already doing a lot of age-friendly
work and the accreditation would celebrate that. However, it was believed that
the work would never be completed as there would always be areas to improve.
It was confirmed that officers had identified areas of work to develop
should the application be successful.
Observations arising from the discussion:
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The
officers were thanked for their commitment to ensuring a better future for the
County's older generations.
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It
was emphasised that the work involved with Age-friendly Gwynedd was not the
sole duty of the Adults, Health and Well-being
Department, and they hoped to have the entire Council's commitment to adopting
it as a way forward.
¾ It was agreed that it was very important for the
Council to be awarded the accreditation. The member noted the need to ensure that
work was carried out following the application for accreditation, to ensure
that facilities such as suitable housing and public transport were available to
everyone.
¾ It was explained that the accreditation was being
provided by the World Health Organisation and should the Council's application
be accepted, the Council would have access to a global network that would offer
support from designated officers.
¾ It was detailed that the World Health Organisation
would consider Cyngor Gwynedd's application for Age-friendly accreditation
through a report that specified a baseline of what was already being carried
out in Gwynedd. The report would also detail the changes that Cyngor Gwynedd
had already implemented in order to be age-friendly.
¾ It was explained that the Council was working jointly
with the office of the Older People's Commissioner for Wales and the Welsh
Government, and the first step of applying for accreditation was to send the
reports to the Commissioner's office in order to
receive support and recommendations to ensure that the report would be accepted
by the World Health Organisation. It was mentioned that initial discussions
with the Commissioner's Officer suggested that the Council's application would
be successful.
¾ Members were reminded that this project was part of a
project for Prioritising Preventative Support Locally by the Adults, Health and Well-being Department.
Awdur:Aled Davies, Head of Adults, Health and Wellbeing
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