Read our new practitioner’s guide to creating a Warm Welcome in the context of Covid-19!
Our earlier Warm Welcome practitioner's guide detailed methods used by Ageing Better in Camden partners to make older people feel welcome in groups and activities so encouraging their ongoing social engagement.
The heightened risk of isolation for older people observing social distancing, due to Covid-19, makes it more important than ever to organise welcoming programmes to support social connection and a sense of belonging. Doing this safely under very difficult circumstances has posed a huge challenge and the way Ageing Better in Camden partners have adapted and developed their practice is impressive.
Groups and activities which they are running – online, using other media and sometimes face to face – include Zumba, chair exercise, yoga, walking, dance, singing, creative writing, photography, arts and crafts, quizzes, cookery, healthy eating, historical talks, general social groups and advisory groups.
This document is a brief practitioner’s guide which shares welcoming approaches used by our partners in their adapted programmes.