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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.…

Is your town a good place to grow old?

By Peter Crumpler | 30/01/2024

Rev Peter Crumpler is associate minister at St Paul’s Church, Fleetville, St Albans. In his first blog for Faith in Later Life, Peter reflects on the challenges of later life…

Church Champion Story: Reminiscence

By Jan Coleclough | 12/01/2024

Faith in Later Life Church Champion Jan, leads the Senior Moments work at Emmanuel Church Leftwich in Cheshire. Here she tells us more about how to plan a Reminiscence programme…

Church Champion Story: Good News

By Judi Spencer | 12/01/2024

Faith in Later Life Church Champion Judi, leads the Seniors work at Clevedon Baptist Church in North Somerset. Here she tells us more about a midweek outreach event which the…

Past Event: Caring for those with Dementia – Saturday 3rd February

By Tracey Vallance | 10/01/2024

Seminar Leaders Friederike  Hamilton is a Queen’s Nurse who leads the development of care and dementia care for the Pilgrims’  Friend Society, a Christian charity that provides care and support…