Jargon

BGOP - Better Government for Older People

BME - Abbreviation for black and minority ethnic.

Cabinet Sub Committee on Older People
The Cabinet Sub-Committee was set up to co-ordinate and drive forward the cross-government strategy for the over-50s.

Capacity Building
Activities that aim to increase the capacity [e.g. people, money, expertise, information, resources] of voluntary and community organisations. It can include training, advice and specialist expertise.

DCLG - Department of Communities and Local Government

DoH - Department of Health

DWP - Department of Work and Pensions

FY - Future Years

GOYH - Government Offices for Yorkshire and the Humber.  Government Offices bring together the activities and interests of ten Government Departments at a regional level. The Government Offices are part of the ODPM. In bringing together the activities and interests of different Government departments within a single organisation, Government Offices are well placed to take a cross-departmental approach, and to provide a coherent view of the operations and interactions of Government programmes at regional level.

HLC - Healthy Living Centre

IiP - Investors in People

LA - Local Authority

LAA - Local Area Agreements
LAAs set out the priorities for a local area that have been agreed with central government. They aim to improve co-ordination and deliver national outcomes in a way that reflects local priorities. They are agreed through negotiation with the regional Government Office.

LSP – Local Strategic Partnership
A partnership bringing together the public, private, community and voluntary sectors to identify the top priorities of the communities they serve and to work with local people to address them

MAA - Multi Area Agreement

NPO - Not for profit organisation

ODPM – Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

OPAG - Older People's Action Group (Local grouping of BGOP)

OPC - Older Peoples Champion
Champions are people with a desire to improve older people's services. They're willing to work together and use their influence to stand up for the interests of older people.

PHO - Public Health Observatory

POPPs - Partnerships for Older People Projects
POPPs is a two year programme of work [2006-2008] funded by the Department of Health, which is aimed at improving the health, well-being and independence of older people through new local projects. Local authorities have been invited to apply for POPPs funding in partnership with their local health, voluntary and community organisations and older people themselves.

PSA - Public Service Agreement

PCTs - Primary Care Trusts
Primary Care Trusts. Organisations providing community and primary health care services as well as commissioning acute services for their local population based on local health care needs.

RDA - Regional Development Agency, e.g. Yorkshire Forward

RF - Regional Forum (Voluntary sector)

SEED - Social, Environmental, Economic Development

SHA - Strategic Health Authority

SNR - Sub-National Review

Third Age Service:
Pilot based initiative being developed by the Department for Work and Pensions that will support existing service provision by allowing older people, or their representatives, the option of a single point of contact to benefits and service.

YA - Yorkshire Assembly

Y&H – Yorkshire & Humber

YF - Yorkshire Forward