Interested in an exciting new role at WRVS?

We're incredibly excited by a new research project that's really going to change the way WRVS, and all its partners, approach living well in old age. WRVS have been awarded nearly half a million pounds from the BIG Lottery to carry out this research, which is the first of its kind to focus on how people themselves can help each other to improve their health and live well for longer. We will be challenging national and local government, health authorities and other partners to use the tools and campaigning materials we develop to better enable people to help each other and themselves, and on their own terms.
We're currently recruiting a project worker to run this project - if you are interested see www.wrvs.org.uk/jobs by the closing date of Monday 1st February.

The project starts up in April 2010 and will run for three years. In the first year there will be a national consultation with older people on what they want in place to live well in old age. Followed by two years of work in five areas of the UK where project workers will develop new ways of engaging older people to help each other to improve their quality of life.

WRVS has joined forces with two partners with a reputation for involving people in developing and improving the services they need: Professor Peter Beresford of the Centre for Citizen Participation, Brunel University and Jennie Fleming, Centre for Social Action, De Montfort University.

This is great news for WRVS - and for everyone with a stake in older people's health and well-being.