UPSTREAM wins bid to spread community mentoring throughout Devon with Consortium partners Age Concern Devon and Westbank League of Friends
- The pan-Devon 'Time for Life' Consortium has won its bid to Devon County Council to disseminate community mentoring under the Devon 'My Life, My Choice' programme. The project is funded by the Department of Health's 'Partnership for Older People Projects' (POPP). The bid covers all Devon except Exeter, where Age Concern Exeter will deliver mentoring.
- The 2-year project is based on the original pilot work by Upstream and by subsequent work by both Upstream and Age Concern Exeter under Devon's Link Age Plus programme funded by the Department of Work and Pensions.
- 'Time for Life' will establish community mentors working in all Devon districts, helping older, more isolated and more vulnerable people to build confidence, engage with their communities and remain independent for longer.
- 'Time for Life' will work closely with local GP practices and health and social care professionals, as well as district councils and local voluntary service organisations, volunteers and carers.
- The Peninsula Medical School, which produced a Report on Upstream's successful work in 2005, will be evaluating the project.
Simon Goodenough
Upstream Director
( Last Updated: 08-11-2007 )
