Health and Community Services
May 14, 2010
Age-Friendly Grants
Continue to Benefit Province's Seniors
Newfoundland and Labrador seniors
continue to benefit from the Age-Friendly Newfoundland and Labrador
Grants (AFNL) program. The Newfoundland and Labrador Pensioners and
Senior Citizens 50+ Federation and the Random Age-Friendly Communities
group are the latest recipients. The grants program is an initiative
which supports municipalities, Inuit community governments, reserves and
seniors' organizations throughout the province with creating
age-friendly communities.
"These grants are supporting initiatives
that focus on promoting social inclusion and encouraging seniors to
participate fully in society," said the Honourable Jerome Kennedy,
Minister of Health and Community Services and Minister Responsible for
Aging and Seniors. "The Age-Friendly Newfoundland and Labrador Grants
program is a true testament that government is doing its part to ensure
programs and services are available to meet the needs of our seniors."
The Newfoundland and Labrador Pensioners
and Senior Citizens 50+ Federation will receive $9,000 to embark on a
province-wide project. The federation plans to offer workshops on health
and safety promotion and creation of age-friendly communities to more
than 130 seniors' clubs
The Random Age-Friendly Communities group
will receive $9,000 to strengthen Clarenville's age-friendly network by
creating accessibility and public works inventories, developing a
recreation program, identifying financial institutions and programs
available to seniors, and expanding the already successful computer
training currently being offered.
"I'm delighted our government continues
to support programs to improve the quality of life enjoyed by seniors,"
said the Honourable Ross Wiseman, Trinity North MHA. "This investment
will support the great work of the Random Age-Friendly Communities
group."
Overall, the Williams Government will
invest $200,000 in the AFNL Grants program. The AFNL grants will serve,
in part, to fulfill commitments made under the Provincial Healthy
Aging Policy Framework, through which the Provincial Government
invested an additional $3.5 million in the 2009-10 fiscal year toward
improving the wellness of residents.
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Media contacts:
Jennifer Tulk
Communications Manager
Department of Health and Community Services
709-729-1399, 699-6524
JenniferTulk@gov.nl.ca
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Chick Cholock
Executive Assistant to
Hon. Ross Wiseman, Trinity North MHA
709-729-0739
ChickCholock@gov.nl.ca
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2010 05 14
10:40 a.m.
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