Transcript Jon Lloyd Working with older people

Chess in the Community 50+
Jon Lloyd CSC chess tutor
Who am I?
• I am over 55.
• I worked in the art material industry for 35 years - 23
years as a manager/ senior manager.
• I have a degree in in psychology, technical and
management degrees and an MBA in strategic
management.
• I could not continue in my job because of cognitive
decline resulting from treatment for a serious illness.
• I am an active chess player [ECF grade 165] and CSC
tutor to children at two schools in Surrey/Berkshire.
Attitudes to the older person
Loneliness in Old Age
• Silverline is a UK charity providing 24/7
support to lonely older people.
• They have received 920,000 calls since their
call centre was founded in November 2012,
53% of the callers saying they had no one else
to talk to.
• They receive 10,000 calls every week from
lonely and isolated older people.
Cognitive Functioning
• Training for cognitive skills has been shown to
help maintain or improve cognitive abilities
that diminish with age.
• Chess can help maintain or improve cognitive
abilities e.g. reasoning performance and
speed of processing.
Strategic Review
• Feb 2016: 12 page strategic review outlining why CSC
should support chess for older people.
 Organisational context
 Environmental Forces & internal requirements
 SWOT analysis
 Marketing including products, price, promotion.
 Controls and contingencies
The key is to match core competences with critical success
factors [what CSC do well compared to what the customer
wants].
Selling the program
• Parkinson’s UK Reading [networked from
voluntary work]
• Age UK Reading.
• Bracknell Forest Borough Council.
BFBC Initiative
• £2000 lottery grant award. Tutor cost £1,200;
venue hire £800; CSC provides sets.
• Start date 01/01/17. To finish by year ending
2017.
• 4 x 10 week courses at open learning centres.
• Participants aged 50+ Bracknell residents selected
from advertising on Public Health Community
Network.
• Chess course to follow CSC curriculum.
• Train trainers for the wider community.
BFBC Initiative
• Measures:
Number of participants
Number of participants playing the game
elsewhere after training e.g. local clubs
Number of trainers
Cognitive improvement – discussion to take
place with Reading University Psychology
Dept. January 13th 2017.
My Vision