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Share the current list of organisations with mailing list so we can see who we’re in touch with already and who needs contacting/including

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Link with the Older People’s Equality Group

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Newsletter for members

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Value of volunteering locally, benefits of getting involved

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Older carers - visibility, photos to demonstrate impact and valuable contribution

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Dedicated IDOP event (International Day of Older People) in October 2023

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Retirement support, how people get engaged in culture and creativity

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Profile of older artists and creatives; sharing stories, full ecology of creativity

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Challenge around how people find out about what’s going on - share practice, eg. community link workers, website, social media, local ‘maps’

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Thematic meetings, eg. digital, homelessness, climate change, link to Creative Health Strategy

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Invite wider membership - open membership

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Reaching out/understanding where culture champions still are and engaging them in the network

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What steps do we want to take in the next 12 months to achieve the stated purpose and impacts?

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What steps do we want to take in the next 12 months to achieve the stated purpose and impacts?

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North West policy linkage at a strategic level

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Support/resource/capacity for funding

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Increased visibility of older people and older artists, including positive images of ageing

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Experience and voice of older people included in the conversation

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Increased engagement of older people as participants and facilitators

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Increased equity of access and different models of delivery to achieve that

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Broaden the definition of creativity

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Consider the many chapters and breadth of ages and identities within ‘older communities’

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More community organisers/artists/individuals included in the network

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More intergenerational activities

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Co-production

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More activity in the boroughs outside of central Manchester

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What difference do we want the Network to make through its collective work to the communities of Greater Manchester in the next three years? 

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What difference do we want the Network to make through its collective work to the communities of Greater Manchester in the next three years? 

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Influencing and connecting with policy makers

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Inspiring and listening, influencing and informing

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Identify hubs

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‘Friends of’ groups to be involved in the network

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Aim to address the gender imbalance of engagement amongst older people

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Try and reach across a breadth of organisations, big and small, and find the gaps

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Share and inspire one another

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Grassroots mapping and signposting; eg. funding

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Cross sector advocacy for the arts and creativity

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Sharing knowledge and information, including case studies, presentations by different GM cultural organisations, artists and collectives

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Give power to older people

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National organisations and partners engaged with the creative sector

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Get the voice and experience of older people in the room, highlighting diversity and intersectionality

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What should be the purpose of the Greater Manchester Creative Ageing Network?

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What should be the purpose of the Greater Manchester Creative Ageing Network?