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Older Victorians play vital roles leading advocacy and action to improve communities. They do this through a diverse range of formal and informal groups and activities, often on a voluntary basis. Encouraging and supporting this leadership is a crucial part of making Victoria a place that respects, engages and benefits from its older citizens.
This briefing is based on a series of leadership events hosted by COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria in 2025. It addresses the following key questions:
- What are ways in which older people can exercise leadership?
- What makes older people valuable community leaders?
- What skills and attributes may need to be developed by older leaders?
- What organised supports are, or would, be effective?
We hope this will stimulate older people, the organisations advocating on their behalf, and bodies supporting leadership broadly to consider the best ways to encourage and enhance community leadership in later life.
Our work in this area
Older Victorians Shaping Communities: Supporting leadership in later life
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