On Friday, November 29, Somerset Day Centre and Lifelines hosted a get together for the newly formed Older and Out group.
It was held at the Somerset Day Centre and was well attended by the LGBTQI community who enjoyed the venue, the opportunity to meet others and the cake!
At a previous event, held to gather information about what the older LGBTQ community want, concerns were expressed about the lack of support networks in older age, ‘As you get older the worry is that the support networks aren’t there – and not everyone has children.’
Volunteers manned the decks and provided a mouth watering selection of cakes and tea and coffee. There was a very friendly atmosphere and attendees and volunteers are all hopeful that this will become a regular gathering with other activities and social events also being organised.
The intention, moving forward, is for older people to also be able to use this as an information service and for confidence building to enable the formation of lobbying or other groups.
The next event, on February 14 is keenly awaited.