Housing for Varying Needs Review - Aberdeen City Council

Housing for Varying Needs ReviewQuestion 11 - Please provide information about social activities in yoursheltered housing complex?Figure 11Social ActivityNo.As a % of totalrespondentsa) We have social get togethers. E.g. morning coffee, afternoontea1016 68%b) There are activities and entertainment organised in the complex 1113 75%c) We have exercise sessions and receive information aboutkeeping welld) If social activities are provided, I am encouraged and supportedto attende) There is a tenants group operating in my sheltered housingcomplexN= total respondents 1491436 29%792 53%824 55%Respondents were asked to tell us about the social activities that took place in theirsheltered housing complex. Figure 11 shows the number of respondents thatindicated that these activities did take place and the final column shows this numberas a percentage of the total respondents answering the survey. Three quarters ofrespondents say there are activities and entertainment organised in the complex and68% say there are opportunities for social get togethers. Less than a third ofrespondents say that exercise sessions take place.Respondents were also asked to tell us what ‘other’ social activities were offered.The main response given was bingo with 75 respondents mentioned it. Other socialactivities included games (pool, darts, scrabble, cards, table bowls), art and crafts,church, fish suppers, quiz nights, bus trips and special dinners for Christmas,Hogmanay etc.A few respondents mentioned that social activities were organised by the tenantscommittee rather than the local authority.88