We combat isolation & depression in older people in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea & other boroughs via seminars, open meetings, and lunch and tea events. We also provide information & health & wellbeing activities & empowerment of older peoples' views by surveys & open meetings.
Our Trustees
Cllr Marie Therese Rossi
Trustee
Elizabeth Rutherford
Chair
Cllr Rossi is an active member of RBKC Council and had been elected Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 2017 and served as Mayor for two years. She is the Councillor of the Redcliffe Ward in the Royal Borough. She had been a great support for the Kensington and Chelsea Over 50s Forum during her time as Mayor and has continued to support us as a Trustee. She would like to continue her brilliant support for the Forum in the future.
Elected Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea in 2016, Elizabeth Rutherford focused her work as mayor on “making a difference close to home.” Mayor Rutherford said that she is “keenly aware that the Royal Borough’s strong voluntary sector makes a huge contribution to the quality of life for many of our residents” In one of her first acts as Mayor, Cllr Rutherford visited the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to open a new indoor garden for staff and patients.
Oonagh Wohanka
Trustee
Oonagh has been a member of the board since 2017 and has contributed immensely towards many of its essential activities. Her dedication and determination to give high-quality support has been much appreciated by the forum members. Oonagh has raised funds for charity through her passion for marathon running. She completed a month-long excursion on bicycle across France tracing the footsteps of Coco Chanel in 2019. Her husband had been a director at Lloyds Bank General Insurance Holdings and the Scottish Widows Group as well as the St Andrew’s Insurance plc and Julius Baer International Ltd.