South Lanarkshire Older People’s Assembly returned to East Kilbride last month for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic.Around 85 delegates from across the area, and representatives of public and third-sector organisations, were welcomed to the town’s Ballerup Hall by council leader Councillor Joe Fagan.He was joined by South Lanarkshire Council’s Older People’s Champion, Councillor Eileen Logan, Executive Director of Housing and Technical Resources, Stephen Gibson, and Professor Soumen Sengupta, Chief Officer of South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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Other interactive parts of the event included a waste management quiz, a challenge ageism breakout session and advice stalls from Money Matters and Trading Standards.Councillor Fagan said he was honoured to welcome delegates back to East Kilbride for the first time in more than five years.
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