Causeway Coast & Glens Council to debate idea of Age Friendly Champion for Borough
Causeway Coast and Glens Council is to be debate the idea of having an Age Friendly Champion for the Borough.
In June 2020, Council approved the offer of funding from the Public Health Agency to recruit and host an Age Friendly Co-ordinator for Causeway Coast and Glens.
As a result, Council engaged with community planning partners to develop an Ageing Well Model with work on-going since then. In January 2026 Council adopted A Notice of Motion brought forward by Councillor Tanya Elder and seconded by Councillor Bill Kennedy that “this Council recognises the importance of promoting positive ageing and ensuring that older people across Causeway Coast and Glens are valued, respected, and supported to live healthy, active, and connected lives.
"We also recognise the success of our Age Friendly Strategy and Action Plan, and the growing number of residents aged fifty and over in our Borough. In light of this, I would request that an elected member be formally nominated to take on the role of Age Friendly Champion, providing leadership and ensuring continued focus on this important area.”
As the motion was adopted, councillors now need to move forward with the process which will be debated at the Council’s Leisure and Development Committee meeting on February 17.
it is expected that any candidates for the position would be appointed via the D’Hondt system.The D’Hondt method assigns seats or positions based on the proportion of votes each party receives in an election.
It does this by repeatedly calculating a quotient for each party and giving the next seat or position to the party with the highest quotient.