Skip to content
Welcome to Wandsworth Older People’s Forum
Our aims
- give older people an active voice in stating their needs and views on local and national issues that concern them
- promote the importance of acknowledging and respecting the dignity and worth of older people
- positively combat age discrimination.
What we do
- hold open meetings every month with relevant speakers
- ·campaign on key issues affecting older people
- ·support and bring together a network of organisations in Wandsworth which work with older people
- ·represent older people’s interests on local groups
- ·organise an annual Conference on a topical issue relating to older people for our stakeholders
- produce a regular newsletter with a wide circulation
Who we are
- ·a member organisation open to any older resident in Wandsworth or any individual or organisation working with older people in Wandsworth
- ·run by a group of volunteers who form a management committee supported by a part time administrator
- funded by Wandsworth Council until 2023 and helped by other charities and Trusts from time to time