Age-Friendly Community Plan
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Age-Friendly Community Plan
As part of becoming a more age-friendly community, Tay Township is asking for residents to provide their thoughts on the current age-friendly needs and priorities across the World Health Organization’s 8 age-friendly community features.
We want to hear from you!
The Township of Tay is taking steps to become a more age-friendly community, where all residents can be active and engaged members of the community at every stage of life.
As part of this work, we have engaged the services of Jodi Ball, J Consulting Group, to facilitate conversations in our community around age-friendliness.
The community planning process has been underway and now we want to share some of our learnings and get your thoughts on how to make Tay more age-friendly in the future.
Jodi Ball, J Consulting Group, will be hosting a virtual Age-Friendly Workshop, please join us on Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 from 9 a.m to 10:30 a.m. To sign up please contact Jodi at jodi@jconsultinggroup.ca or 905-399-5634. Jodi will send you a direct link and instructions to participate in the virtual session.
Community Workbook
We want to hear your ideas. The Tay Age-Friendly Community Workbook is now available!
Once complete, please email the workbook to Jodi Ball, Age-Friendly Community Planning Lead.
Feedback will be collected until August 31st, 2020.
Project Background
As Canada’s senior population continues to grow, it’s more important than ever to support the health and wellbeing of older Canadians. That’s why the Township of Tay is taking steps to become a more age-friendly community, where all residents can be active and engaged members of the community at every stage of life.
An age-friendly community is designed to help people live safely, enjoy good health and stay involved. As part of its Global Age-friendly Cities Project, the World Health Organization (WHO) identifies eight key areas of community life that can become more age-friendly:
- Outdoor spaces and buildings
- Transportation
- Housing
- Respect and social inclusion
- Civic participation and employment
- Communication and information
- Community support and health services
- Social participation
Project Process
The age-friendly community plan process involves completing a background review of existing policies and strategies, preparing an age-friendly profile, and engaging residents in age-friendly community planning.
How can I get involved and learn more?
Residents will have several opportunities to provide feedback on current age-friendly needs, and to explore potential opportunities for improving age-friendliness across the Township of Tay.
Sign-up to receive notifications about the project and to learn about upcoming engagement opportunities.
Timeline:
Background Research – May 2020
- Review of background documents and data
- Prepare community age-friendly profile
Community Engagement – June, October 2020
- Online survey – Take the survey now!
- Age-Friendly Webinars and Workbooks
- Community workshops
Draft Age-Friendly Plan – September 2020
- Prepare draft plan
- Share draft plan with community
Final Age-Friendly Community Plan – December 2020
- Finalize and present plan
Who’s listening:
Jodi Ball
Age-Friendly Community Planning Lead
905-399-5634
Cyndi Bonneville
Age-Friendly Tay – Project Lead
705-534-7248 ext. 228
