Abstract:The ageing population is a significant social change issue facing society. The UK has 8-million citizens who identify as BME (Black, Minority, Ethnic) – 16% of the population. Elders are often the most vulnerable in our communities and are targeted by heartless criminals who seek to exploit the inherent fragilities associated with older age.
The Senior Minority Outreach team was established in 2014 to provide a specially tailored support service to older adult members of a variety of diverse communities who live within the South West of England & South Wales areas. The Team offers safety presentations to community groups at risk of financial frauds and general deception crimes.
The SMOT endeavours to cross the barriers of age, culture and language by joining groups within their own communities, addressing them in their language of choice and by delivering a comprehensive support service to those deemed to be most vulnerable in society.
The Senior Citizen Liaison Team (SCLT) was established as a social enterprise in 2009 and registered as a charity (1148383) in 2012 – the project featured in this entry. The Senior Minority Outreach Team (SMOT) was conceived in 2013 and became active in January 2014.
The project has been deemed highly successful in respect to engendering new engagement opportunities as well as delivering a themed crime prevention project to the highly vulnerable.
Vortrag in englischer Sprache.
Vita:Ashley Jones was born in Wales and spent his early career in the British military. This was followed by a second career in the public sector, where he has worked in a variety of roles for two public safety organisations.
He founded the Senior Citizen Liaison Team Charity (SCLT) in 2009. The team has since become instrumental in reducing deception crime against older adults throughout the UK. The SCLT has received a number of significant awards throughout its years of operation – including the Queens Award for Voluntary Service.
He is a Detective Sergeant with Avon & Somerset Constabulary, where he is involved in the investigation of serious and major crimes of all types, which he juggles with his duties as Chairman of the Senior Citizen Liaison Team Charity.
Jon Williams has been a member of the SCLT Charity since 2011 and is active in a number of older-adult focused charities in South East Wales. He serves as the Director of Operations in the Wales region, and in 2016 also assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief of the charity's award-winning 'Senior Siren' magazine.
Jon is a trained electronics engineer and has been involved in numerous international projects, often involving working overseas for many years. For the last 19 years, Jon has been employed within the British public sector in various roles, most recently in the delivery of localised services to the community.
