Growing Old Grace-fully

Growing Old Grace-fully has a focus on improving the well-being of older people, working across the Catholic Diocese of Leeds and in wider partnerships.

Our Vision is that:

Older people across the Catholic Diocese of Leeds experience spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing in positive and inclusive parish communities.Our Objectives:

1. To inspire and actively support parishes to introduce models and approaches which enhance parish-based support and involvement of older people.
2. To enable, equip and support individuals and groups in parish communities as they seek to involve and support older people in their own parishes.
3. To champion a positive view of ageing and the vocation of later life, encouraging and highlighting the invaluable contributions of older people.
4. To enable sharing of good practice, and provide relevant and helpful information in accessible ways.
5. To use a consultative approach so that an increased understanding of needs, hopes and ideas of older people informs all that we do.

We can all work together to help make our later years a place from which to harvest the fruits of a lifetime.