Development worker, older people's projects

The aim of the post is to meet the needs of as many older people as possible in the Waterloo area by:

Publicising existing activity groups which have space for more people to join.

Identifying local unmet interests among older people and either help them revive groups which have disbanded during lock down or assist potential members to create new activities.

Where necessary obtaining extra resources needed by the group eg raising small grants for tutor hours, or start-up costs. 0r other resources such as free/reduced tickets to theatres

The person appointed would need to do their own admin, except where help can be obtained from group members. Also to maintain essential data relating to the project and provide reports as necessary on the work.

Waterloo Action Centre (WAC) is a community centre, developed and run since the 1970s by locally elected Trustees. WAC serves the whole community, but to achieve this includes a particular focus on drawing on those who would otherwise miss out, such as retired people. In the year prior to lockdown WAC had over 30,000 users. WAC’s ethnic diversity is higher than average for Lambeth as a whole.