Morley Elderly Action is a group that supports pensioners across the Greater Morley Area. This covers pensioners in East Ardsley through to Drighlington. It undertakes a lot of hard work supporting pensioners with gardening schemes, home security, with sorting out problems with benefits and providing luncheon clubs and places for pensioners to meet.
The grant MEA have received form Leeds City Council has been one that has barely increased over the years and has been a significant point of concern for MBI Councillors. We have campaigned for some time for a fairer deal as other similar Neighbourhood Networks have received higher funding per head of pensioner population. A new commissioning arrangement has been agreed which, when implemented in April, should double the size of grant MEA are likely too receive.
This is good news for the organisation and its team of workers, many of whom are volunteers, and expands the opportunities to increase the great work they do.
As the elderly population grows, and older people want more out of life than uninspiring day centres, it becomes essential for more money to be found to support this aging community.
I have to say that Adult Services and Cllr Peter Harrand down at Civic Hall have visited the MEA and have been supportive of the changes that have led to this cash increase. It requires a re-allocation of resources from a building based approach ie using money to keep open half empty day centres that few people want to use and re-focus these funds to offer more opportunities in the community.
Morley Elderly Action do and excellent job and getting them a fairer deal will remain one of our priorities.
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