About York Older People’s Assembly (YOPA)
YOPA aims to:
- Represent the voice of older people in York to decision-makers locally and nationally
- Inform older people about services that are available
- Identify where needs are not being met
- Work with the local authority and others to make York an age-friendly city
What we do:
- Organise bi-monthly open meetings an a wide variety of topics
- Publish four newsletters per year, distributed widely around the city
- Organise the annual 50+ Festival
- Celebrate the International Day of Older People (IDOP) annually
- Organise Information Fairs to provide access to information and advice
- Campaign on significant issues where we believe change is required
- Communicate views to organisations on significant changes affecting older people
Membership
Why we need you
We cannot do this without you – we need your knowledge, skills and experience to ensure older people are valued and heard.
YOPA is independent, non-party-political, non-sectarian and welcomes all older people from every part of our diverse community.
Membership is £5 p.a. We welcome donations and several members add a donation to their subscription.
Please follow this [link] to join us.
View our constitution (as last amended at the 2024 AGM)
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Tel: 07965 246193
York Older People’s Assembly, St Sampson’s Centre, Church Street, YORK YO1 8BE
Working for older people in York, we aim to:
- Represent the views of older people in York to decision makers locally and nationally.
- Inform older people about services that are available.
- Identify where needs are not being met.
- Work with the local authority and others to make York an age-friendly city