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April 2024 SOPA Newsletter Now Available
09 April 2024
Presentations for SOPA seminars in March 2024 on Age-friendly Communities in Scotland are now available for download.
08 April 2024
Speakers Announced for SOPA Age-friendly Communities in Rural Settings Seminar
05 March 2024
Come to a SOPA Outreach Event - Edinburgh and the Borders!
22 February 2024
SOPA Age-friendly Communities Seminars March 2024 - Booking now open!
20 February 2024
SOPA February 2024 Newsletter Now Available!
09 February 2024
SOPA'S AGM 29th January 2024
20 December 2023
New Date for SOPA AGM - 29th January 2024
23 November 2023
Festival of Ageing - 17th January 2024, Edinburgh
23 November 2023
SOPA New Look Newsletter Out Now
23 November 2023
SOPA Annual Assembly 2023
08 August 2023
SOPA Survey 2023
02 August 2023
SOPA's July 2023 Newsletter Now Available
25 July 2023
Call for Participation: Living with AI
16 June 2023
Tony Donohoe Joins SOPA as AfC Scotland Project Co-ordinator
16 June 2023
March Newsletter now available
23 March 2023
Forget Me Not Garden Launch
26 September 2022
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14 September 2022
Age-friendly Communites Reception Postponed
09 September 2022
Highland Council Nominates 3 Older People's Champions
29 August 2022
Why Charities should be more inclusive of older workers
29 August 2022
Lead Officer Vacancy
10 August 2022
SOPA hosts Age-friendly Communities workshop at the SCVO Gathering
07 June 2022
SOPA Publishes Its Manifesto for the Scottish Local Government Elections
04 April 2022
National Planning Framework 4 - submission
04 April 2022
Rethinking Later Life
03 November 2021
Engaging and Influencing the UK Parliament
18 October 2021
The Big HSCN & SOPA Tea Break: Ageing Well in Highland
09 September 2021
Access to healthcare survey
29 June 2021
Reconnecting Our Communities - East Lothian outreach event
25 May 2021
SOPA launches 2021 Manifesto
15 March 2021
SOPA calls for Older People's Champions to be appointed across Scotland
16 February 2021
Catalyst Top Tip films launched
16 February 2021
SOPA shares its three-year plan 2020-23
14 January 2021
Your Issue, Your Voice launched by SOPA
23 December 2020
SOPA statement protesting removal of free TV Licence for over 75s
16 July 2020
SOPA releases 'lockdown' series of short films
13 July 2020
Older People's Wellbeing in Scotland Conference 15 January 2020
17 January 2020
SOPA Receives Awards for All Funding
07 January 2020
Report from the 2019 Assembly
20 December 2019
2019 Assembly media coverage
01 October 2019
Volunteers to Support the Assembly Needed
05 August 2019
2019 Assembly Date Confirmed
05 July 2019
Voice of Veterans event
13 June 2019
SOPA Reception 5 March
15 March 2019
Identity, Connection and Choice - report published
26 February 2019
Web Volunteer Wanted - Can You help?
19 February 2019
Holyrood Loneliness and Isolation
10 February 2019
SOPA Newsletter - January 2019
29 January 2019
Older People's Framework - Have Your Say
11 January 2019
Fuel Poverty Submission
21 December 2018
Fuel Poverty Bill
21 November 2018
Welcome to Caroline
01 November 2018
UK Age Friendly Cities Network
19 October 2018
Bus Toilet Break
18 October 2018
Age Friendly Champion
15 October 2018
Bogus Callers
07 October 2018
Older People's Strategic Action Forum
25 September 2018
Edinburgh Needs you
31 July 2018
Action on Elder Abuse Scotland national conference (in association with SACRO)
25 July 2018
Unforgotten Forces project helps 2000 veterans
02 July 2018
Meetings in Dingwall and Nairn
28 June 2018
Intergenerational Meeting on the 'Citizen's Income'
22 June 2018
Consumer Engagement Seminar - Monday 18 June
18 June 2018
Holyrood Reception on 6th June - Older adults as consumers
10 June 2018
SOPA Reception at Holyrood in June
15 May 2018
Scottish Veterans Commissioner's new report
03 May 2018
A Successful Assembly yesterday at Holyrood
24 April 2018
Building Bridges: Uniting Communities 
14 April 2018
Civic Reception Dundee
08 March 2018
'Equally Safe' Plan Launched
24 November 2017
Launch of £4M project to support older veterans
18 October 2017
SOPA supports development of housing for OP in Scotland
06 October 2017
AEA Conference in Glasgow - Choice, Empowerment, Protection
06 October 2017
Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation
15 September 2017
SOPA AGM
01 September 2017
New Portal for Unforgotten Veterans
30 August 2017
New web resource should help communities ‘age better’ 
05 July 2017
June Newsletter Online
30 June 2017
Seminar Reception – Towards safer communities for older people
06 June 2017
Voters don't want soundbites
03 June 2017
'Have Your Say', Aberdeen
01 June 2017
​SOPA attends Age-Friendly Academy Launch
03 May 2017
Tom Berney: Older voters must seek assurances from candidates on pension issues.
03 May 2017
Joint Cross Party Group Meeting
26 April 2017
Support for older veterans
15 April 2017
Tom Berney's article in the National
31 March 2017
SOPA Reception at Holyrood
29 March 2017
SOPA's first 2017 Newsletter
24 March 2017
Tackling Loneliness and Isolation in Later Life: Improving Health and Wellbeing
22 March 2017
“A Good Life in Later Years” Project
17 March 2017
SOPA reception at Westminster
06 March 2017
The National: Integrating Health and Social Care
03 March 2017
Over 65s with a mental health condition let down by health boards
07 February 2017
Here’s Tae Us - Year of the 70th Birthday
27 January 2017
Good turnout for the first Cross Party Group Meeting in 2017
25 January 2017
Mobility, Mood and Place Event
23 January 2017
Extend the hand of friendship
31 December 2016
SOPA December 2016 newsletter online
21 December 2016
Launch of Help Line in Scotland on Elder Abuse
30 November 2016
Webcast of the 2016 Assembly
25 November 2016
Read article about SOPA in today's National
25 November 2016
2016 SOPA Assembly
19 November 2016
Staying Sharp
12 November 2016
September Newsletter online
01 October 2016
WASPI Rally outside Holyrood
30 September 2016
WASPI March in Glasgow
16 September 2016
SOPA meeting with Minister
07 September 2016
Deadline 16 Sept. for your input - Mental Health
31 August 2016
Edinburgh East Campaign Group (WASPI) inaugural meeting on 23 August
16 August 2016
Tom Berney in Triple-Lock Pensions debate on Good Morning Scotland
01 August 2016
June Newsletter online
27 June 2016
Tom Berney: Q&A session in the Scotsman
04 April 2016
March 2016 Newsletter published
31 March 2016
Lack of social and emotional support undermining health
18 March 2016
Never Too Old to Help
25 January 2016
Poverty and Inequality in Scotland
22 January 2016
Campaign Update - Spiralling Funeral Costs
12 November 2015
SOPA delegates at Westminster
04 November 2015
SOPA champions Living Well in Later Life
27 October 2015
SOPA reacts to last winter's mortality rates
21 October 2015
SOPA shortlisted in the Herald Society Awards 2015
09 October 2015
Christian Allard lodges a motion concerning the 7th Assembly
07 October 2015
Alex Neil speaks out at the Assembly in Holyrood.
06 October 2015
'Listen to our older citizens' writes Tom Berney in Holyrood Magazine
05 October 2015
SOPA's first evening reception a great success
14 September 2015
Helensburgh meeting agreed to have been a very valuable event
11 September 2015
September Message from SOPA Chair Tom Berney
01 September 2015
Older Women in Scotland-Looking to the Future
28 August 2015
SOPA at Scottish Women’s Convention on 18 July 2015
02 August 2015
SOPA meets with disability organisations
19 July 2015
NHS Communications Toolkit
15 June 2015
SOPA's May Newsletter published
17 May 2015
Briefing Notes now available on SOPA countrywide events
15 May 2015
Important RCN report on hospital care for older people
13 March 2015
SOPA 2015 Spring Newsletter ready to download
03 March 2015
Radio Orkney interviews SOPA Chair
11 February 2015
Follow the Campaign Trail on Facebook
06 February 2015
Annual Report and December Newsletter published
19 December 2014
SOPA 2015 Campaign Trail underway
26 November 2014
Feedback invited on the draft of Care of Older People in Hospital
17 November 2014
Cabinet Minister's commitment
11 November 2014
2014 SOPA Action Plan
07 November 2014
STV News Clip: Assembly 2014
02 November 2014
Shona Robison to fight for fairness for senior citizens
02 November 2014
Press release - Action towards a better life
28 October 2014
Assembly £10k lottery boost
06 October 2014
A home-cooked revolution
03 October 2014
Assembly 2014 Programme Online
30 September 2014
Highlands people's champion praises SOPA
25 September 2014
Stirling SOPA meeting
22 September 2014
Scottish Minister Shona Robison hears pension concerns
22 August 2014
Read the latest SOPA Newsletter
23 July 2014
SOPA Campaign Trail 2014
22 June 2014
Parliamentary Report for 21st May - Older People's Issues
28 May 2014
Constructive Meeting with Shona Robison MSP
27 May 2014
Action Plan for the year ahead
16 May 2014
Latest Annual Report available
10 May 2014
Read about SOPA's History from 1997
10 May 2014
New SOPA website - Launch May 2014
10 May 2014

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