A Walk a Day Keeps a Fall at Bay
26 June 2007
A Walk a Day Keeps a Fall at Bay
Hosted by: Camden Council
Sponsored by: Camden Council and SPARC
Event organisers:
Ms Verity Smith, SPARC Coordinator
Marc Malone, Community Exercise Coordinator, Camden Active Health Team
Date: 26 June 2007
Venue:
Camden Centre
Bidborough Street
London WC1H 9DB
United Kingdom
This is a special workshop, one in a series to be organised by a variety of organsiations in conjunction with SPARC. This has the specific focus on promoting exercise for older people especially as a means of prevenbting falls. It is being held on National Falls Awareness Day.
This workshop is likely to be of relevance mainly to local older people in the Camden area, physiotherapists, exercise specialists for older people, voluntary organisations and researchers who would be very welcome participants.
There is no cost to attend the workshop, but numbers are limited to 100 delegates.
Camden Active Health Team The Camden Active Health Team develops community based physical activity programmes that promote physical, psychological and social wellbeing. Activities are targeted towards people who are currently under-using mainstream leisure provision, owing to access, health, culture, or language needs. A wide variety of activities take place in community centres, health centres, parks, residential homes and tenants halls.
SPARC (Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research Capacity) is funded by EPSRC and BBSRC which was established in 2005 to extend the previous remit of the EQUAL Network. SPARC is designed specifically to provide a platform, publicity and policy representation for existing researchers and to encourage newcomers into ageing research. A key aspect of its activities is working in partnership with the users of research - older people and those organisations which represent the interests of older people and which provide older people and their carers with services, advice and other support. As well as organising workshops SPARC is providing 34 pump-priming awards to newcomers to ageing research in the fields of design, engineering and biology.
There is no charge for attendance just an enthusiasm and interest in extending the quality of life of older people through informed user-focused research and its application including education.
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