Agenda item

Older People

It was moved by Councillor Mary Lea, seconded by Councillor Peter Price, that this Council:-

(a)       acknowledges that today, 1st October, has been designated by the United Nations as ‘Older Peoples Day’ and, in recognition of this, supports the National Pensioners Convention claim that older people are an asset not a burden to society;

(b)       welcomes that the main aim for the day is to be a celebration of the achievements and contributions that older people make to our society and the economy, and that Older People’s Day supports the campaign to challenge negative attitudes and outdated stereotypes;

(c)        shares the ambition of the present Administration to make Sheffield the best place in the UK to live, grow up and grow older and wants Sheffield to be the leading age friendly city in the UK; and

(d)       supports the framework ‘A City for All Ages: Making Sheffield a Great Place to Grow Older’ and will continue to work towards its implementation.

Whereupon, it was moved by Councillor Roger Davison, seconded by Councillor Martin Smith, as an amendment, that the Motion now submitted be amended by the relettering of paragraphs (b) to (d) as new paragraphs (c) to (e), and the addition of a new paragraph (b) as follows:-

(b)       recognises the important role pensioners play in the voluntary groups around the city, without which many organisations would be unable, or would find it difficult, to function.

On being put to the vote, the amendment was carried. 

The original Motion, as amended, was then put as a Substantive Motion in the following form and carried:-

RESOLVED: That this Council:-

(a)       acknowledges that today, 1^st October, has been designated by the United Nations as ‘Older Peoples Day’ and, in recognition of this, supports the National Pensioners Convention claim that older people are an asset not a burden to society;

(b)       recognises the important role pensioners play in the voluntary groups around the city, without which many organisations would be unable, or would find it difficult, to function.

(c)        welcomes that the main aim for the day is to be a celebration of the achievements and contributions that older people make to our society and the economy, and that Older People’s Day supports the campaign to challenge negative attitudes and outdated stereotypes;

(d)       shares the ambition of the present Administration to make Sheffield the best place in the UK to live, grow up and grow older and wants Sheffield to be the leading age friendly city in the UK; and

(e)       supports the framework ‘A City for All Ages: Making Sheffield a Great Place to Grow Older’ and will continue to work towards its implementation.