Newsletter #2 MARCH 2020 The outbreak of COVID-19 is having a significant impact on all sectors of society, demanding that we make rapid changes to our way of life and placing substantial financial, emotional and social stressors on all of us. The Ageing Workforce Ready Project team hope that by publishing a newsletter during this unique time we can provide much needed support to employers with older employees.

Many people are feeling worried and overwhelmed by the Coronavirus outbreak. You are not alone during these stressful times. Several organisations offer free support and advice at this time.

Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE) and Transitioning Well release four key resources through PWWP, a program helping new and expectant parents The teams at Centre of […]

Part 2: What can workplaces do? Thea O’Connor In the past 40 years, workforce participation of women aged 55 to 64 years has risen from around […]

Part 1: How women can prepare themselves. Thea O’Connor “I feel ripped off that no one talked to me about it.” ¹ “Why didn’t anyone tell […]

Most family-friendly programs focus on supporting new parents, however parenthood also involves ongoing transition points as children grow from babies and toddlers to school-aged children and […]

Rachael Palmer, organisational psychologist at Transitioning Well, recently spoke to Jocelyn Nickels at startsat60.com about the issues facing older workers.  Ms Palmer focused on the importance of job […]

We are delighted to bring you a further update on our Perinatal Workplace Wellbeing Program (PWWP)! Update: The project is continuing to make strong progress. Using the focus group […]

We are over six months into the Ageing Workforce Ready Project and wanted to update you on what we have achieved so far. The Ageing Workforce […]

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