FREE Webinar – Concerned about a mature driver? We can help.

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May 2024

‘CONCERNED ABOUT A MATURE DRIVER? WE CAN HELP.’   

This popular series of zoom webinars returns at 10am on Saturday 25 May    

Starting conversations with a family member about retiring from driving can be challenging, especially if they are unaware or complacent about their declining driving skills.

This webinar is intended for families, friends, and carers concerned about a mature driver. Advice includes how to:

  • Start meaningful conversations with the person of concern
  • Keep them driving safely for longer, including information on the impact of medications and dementia on fitness to drive
  • Plan for when it is time for them to retire from driving

We are delighted that Bobby Oliver from Driving Mobility will be a guest contributor. Driving Mobility provide DVLA approved assessments for drivers with mobility and cognitive issues. They also provide a subsidised, mobility, advice service for drivers planning to retire from driving. www.drivingmobility.org.uk

To register e-mail odfglos@gmail.com with your name and the email address you would like joining instructions sent to.

 The webinars are free to join, use zoom, but a zoom account is not required.

Places are limited so if you register and then are unable to attend. Please let us know.

Whilst we have your attention all our work in Gloucestershire is voluntary and relies on public donations.

If you can donate, please email odfglos@gmail.com and we will provide bank details of Gloucestershire Older Persons Association (Charity No: 1124977) under whose charitable status we operate. Thank you. 

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We are working with an organisation called ‘Co-Pilot‘ who create national Road Safety content for use across the country to help and support Older Drivers to carry ion driving safely for longer. They are doing a photo shoot in Bath on Tuesday 30th April and are looking for 2 to 3 Older Drivers who would be willing to photographed. They are looking for Men and Women, as well as any one of that age group who drives an adapted vehicle.

They will pay £100 to each person.

If interested then please contact James Evans by emailing james@co-pilot.org

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FREE WEBINAR – Driving Safely on Rural Roads

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DRIVING SAFELY ON RURAL ROADS

This popular series of zoom webinars returns

at 10am on Saturday 27 April    

Conventional wisdom is to drive as much as possible on motorways and dual carriageways as these are the safest classification of roads.

However, if you live in a rural county, there is no option but to regularly use rural roads which are statistically more dangerous. Over a 5-year period Gloucestershire Highways report 34% of all road casualties are on unclassified roads.  .

In this month’s webinar we share information on how to drive safely on rural roads, with updates on general advice about mature driver safety.

     The webinars are free to join, use zoom, but a zoom account is not required.

      To register click HERE or e-mail odfglos@gmail.com with your name and the

      email address you would like the joining instructions sent to and tell us your top

      three rural road safety concerns.

Places are limited so if you register and then are unable to attend please

let us know.

GEM Webinars 2024 – Number 2

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Date – Tuesday 16th April 2024

Time – 2pm – 3pm

Registration link: Click here

This is the second of the series of 4 FREE webinars in 2024 in partnership with GEM Motoring Assist exploring a variety of subjects to help you to make informed motoring decisions and to stay safe on your road journeys. They will be with expert guidance from TV and Radio Presenter Valerie Singleton OBE and our very own Chair Rob Heard.

In this webinar we will look at Motoring Holidays and Travel covering topics like:

  • Driving Abroad
  • Rental car rule and restrictions
  • Hiring a Motorhome
  • Exploring some unusual traffic rules.
  • And more

We will have a panel of experts attending on the various subjects. Should you have any questions to ask the panel, then please email them in before the webinar. The webinar will last 60 minutes. Please register above to get your link to join the webinar. You DO NOT need a zoom account to join. We can’t wait for you to join this event!