The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Keeping Older Adults Safe from Harm

Every year, more than a million older people are physically, emotionally, financially or sexually abused in the UK. This is a truly damning indictment of how our society views and values older people.

Since 2022 the Salvation Army in the UK and Ireland has sought to shine a light on the horrifying realities of elder abuse and we pledge support to raise the profile and find solutions.

We believe it’s an important and local pastoral challenge that we cannot shy away from the subject or pretend it doesn’t exist. No-one wants to believe that their beloved mother, father, grandmother or grandfather could be abused by someone in a position of trust. But it happens every day.

Abuse is everyone’s business, and it can take many forms, but what can we do to help prevent elder abuse?

Join us online on Monday 23rd June at 1:30pm as we welcome our ministry partners Andrew Wileman (BEM) and Ali-Thornton-Dean from The Salvation Army, to explore this challenging but important topic with us.

Register here for FREE for this 1.30pm session (please note there is only a lunchtime session on this occasion).

Andrew is an Assistant Director for the Salvation Army Older People’s Services Team. He manages the work relating to people in later life in our Corps (Churches) and Centres across the UK and Ireland Territory that is provided by the Older People’s Ministries Team.  Andrew is also the policy lead on Loneliness for The Salvation Army and has led the ‘No One Alone‘ project facilitating data, research and good practice.

Andrew originally hails from Yorkshire, but now lives on the South Coast and has been an active member of the Winton Salvation Army Corps in Bournemouth for the past 28 years.  He is married to Karen, and has a 3 grown-up children.

Ali is the Territorial Outreach Mission Partner for the Salvation Army’s Older People’s Services Team. Ali writes, teaches and trains local Church leaders throughout the UK & Ireland in implementing new ways of working with older adults. Ali has worked for the Salvation Army since 2016 supporting various Teams with ministry around Retirement, Dementia and End of Life.

Ali was born in Yorkshire but has lived in Cheshire for the past 20 years and worships at Sale Salvation Army, Ali is a wife, a mum and a grandma and loves baking and walking her dog.