Summary
Get involved in building frontline resilience to support older people.
Health and social care colleagues are invited to take part in a workshop exploring how ageing, resilience and climate risk are showing up in day-to-day frontline practice.
The two-hour interactive mapping session has been organised by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).
It will create space to share real experiences from the frontline – how changing weather and environmental pressures are affecting older people, communities, and the roles of those supporting them.
GMCA wants to understand what currently works well, where practice feels constrained or unsupported, and what tools, training or system changes would make a practical difference going forward.
Held at the GMCA offices on Monday, 13 April from 10am to 12pm, there are limited places, so you are asked to email sara.griffiths@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk to book a place.
The workshop will include:
- A short warm‑up to reflect on current and emerging climate‑related pressures in your role
- Small‑group mapping of local places and neighbourhoods to identify where older people face the greatest challenges, and where frontline staff feel least supported
- Scenario‑based discussions using realistic extreme weather situations to explore decision‑making, gaps in skills or authority, and system barriers
- A forward‑looking conversation focused on identifying one change that would most improve your ability to support older people during extreme weather events
This workshop is for colleagues working in community-based frontline roles such as social work, district nursing, general practice, police, ambulance, and fire service.
Your insight will directly inform future work on building frontline resilience to support older people in the context of a changing climate.
