Events

Church Champion Story: Enfield Town Community Church

By Sarah Finnie | 09/04/2024

Faith in Later Life Church Champion Sarah, leads a Seniors group at Enfield Town Community Church. Here she tells us more about the group which has recently welcomed new members…

Church Champion Story: Oasis, Stockport

By Andy Brown | 20/03/2024

Andy Brown is the deacon for Oasis at Emmanuel Community Church in Stockport.  Here he tells us more about some of the ‘nuts and bolts’ of what it might look…

DailyHOPE Restored

By Faith in Later Life | 15/03/2024

In January we shared the news that the DailyHOPE telephone line would have to close after almost four years of ministry, due to a lack of funding to keep the…

Making Mother’s Day better for people living with dementia

By Peter Crumpler | 06/03/2024

This Mother’s Day many tens of thousands of sons and daughters will be spending time with a mum who does not recognise them or remember who they are. I know…

Church Champion Story: Angels of Blessing

By Sally Bates | 21/02/2024

Faith in Later Life Church Champion Sally, is the Associate Minister at Frinton Free Church in Essex, and leads a vibrant seniors ministry there. Here she tells us more about…

Later Life and the Mission Field

By Alex Drew | 20/02/2024

Following my appearance on Episode 10 of London City Mission’s the Everyday Evangelism podcast on the same topic, I was invited to further explore the major gospel impact of older…

Past Event: Evangelism among older People with Ian Knox

By Tracey Vallance | 17/02/2024

Ian Knox, proudly our oldest Ambassador, has been a lifelong evangelist. Married to Ruth, with four married sons and ten grandchildren, he has allegedly “retired” to the lovely Northumbrian coastline.…

Past Event: Music & Dementia with Fi Costa

By Faith in Later Life | 17/02/2024

  In May 2024 we welcomed Dr Fiona Costa to lead our Church Champion event on the subject of Music and Dementia, during which she inspired us to use music…

50 and Fearful?

By Alex Drew | 08/02/2024

Well if I haven’t already been in ‘the second half’ for a while now, I’m definitely in it now! To some people, 50 is the proverbial ‘spring chicken’, but for…

Loneliness and Grief In Older Age

By Jane Woodward | 02/02/2024

In our first blog from AtaLoss, Executive Director, Jane Woodward shares some helpful thinking about the relationship between loneliness and grief in later life, and how to get good support.…