Government Launches Older People Pilot Scheme
In the London borough of Tower Hamlets, Pensions Minister James Purnell today launched one of eight pilot schemes providing services for socially excluded older people. The programme, called Link-Age Plus, will provide a focal point for older people to access information on Housing, Transport, Health, & Employment. Pilots will also run in Devon, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Lancaster, Leeds, Nottinghamshire and Salford. The scheme is part of the government’s strategy for older people, A Sure Start to Later Life: Ending inequalities for older people, published in January 2006.
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