January 2011
David and Diane Andrewes were invited to take part in a seminar in Galway, Ireland.
April, 2010
David and Diane Andrewes were invited to take part in a conference hosted in Reading by KT-Equal. David spoke on the subject of older people's research entitled, "Empowerment or engagement"
Diane spoke on, "How older people's research can change policy."
September 2nd-4th, 2009
Help the Aged/Age Concern invited David and Diane Andrewes to present a paper on "Older People shaping research" at the Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology at Bristol. They took "Pills & Perils" as an example of the differences between service-provider and service-user led research.
April 7th, 2009
Diane was invited to the Launch of the new charity, which will unite Age Concern England and Help the Aged. The main speakers were the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP Secretary of Health and Social Care, Sir Michael Marmot Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London, Matthew Cherian CEO HelpAge India, Dr Nicola Brewer Chief Executive Equality and Human Rights Commission and Rt Hon Theresa May MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
