Committee creating age-friendly vignettes
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Brandon’s Age Friendly Committee is creating a new series of video vignettes highlighting areas in the community that are accessible to people with dementia and with disabilities after receiving a $10,000 grant from Age Friendly Manitoba 2.0.
With the help of Brandon Seniors for Seniors Co-op, the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba and Brandon University, the committee is gearing up to film eight to 10 vignettes from June through September showcasing these locations and interviewing locals.
The grant cheque was handed over to the committee back in March, when Brandon hosted the curling portion of the Manitoba 55+ Games. The rest of the competitions are set for June 18 to 20.
Mayor Jeff Fawcett and members of Brandon’s Age Friendly Committee received a cheque for $10,000 from Manitoba Age Friendly 2.0 during the curling portion of the Manitoba 55+ Games to be used on the creation of vignettes highlighting parts of the city corresponding to the eight pillars of an age-friendly community. The vignettes will start airing on WCGtv in November. (Submitted)
Program assistant Pamela McTavish told the Sun that the first will air on WCGtv this November, with further installments coming every few weeks afterwards.
She said the vignettes will focus on areas that line up with the eight pillars needed to have an age-friendly community: outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, civic participation and employment, communication and information, and community support and health services.
For example, when it comes to making transportation more accessible, the city is looking at improving the audio-visual announcements made on Brandon Transit buses when they’re getting close to a stop.
On housing, McTavish said assisted living facilities and housing co-ops will be highlighted.
The pillar that locals felt wasn’t as well developed locally was communication, and the vignettes themselves are part of an effort to improve it.
“The idea is that it will help us with that communication and information aspect, staying connected with events, news and activities — practical information on aging and what is available within Brandon,” McTavish said.
WCGtv’s access channel 12 was chosen as the delivery method because the committee felt it was a great way to reach the target audience as a lot of older Brandonites watch it.
The hope is that as well as informing seniors about accessible spaces in the city, it will also inspire residents to make their spaces more age friendly.
In a media release, committee co-chair Nancy McPherson said the vignettes will also showcase local resources for seniors like the Brandon Seniors Resource Guide.
At this week’s Brandon City Council meeting, committee member Coun. Heather Karrouze (Ward 1) said the guide will be updated over the summer and reprinted later this year.
She said the committee is also starting a monthly newsletter, which will begin to be distributed by email and social media next month.
More information on the Age Friendly Committee and its programs can be found online at brandon.ca/agefriendly.
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