Spirituality and Ageing

Date(s)
19 November 2018
Location:

The Great Hall, King’s College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS

Organiser:
Age UK and Institute of Gerontology
Cost:
0

Who should attend?

Anybody with an interest in older people and the role played by spirituality in some people's lives.

Why attend?

Age UK and the Institute of Gerontology at King's College London invite you to attend the Annual Lecture in memory of David Hobman

"Spirituality and Ageing"
Special guest speaker: The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, Bishop of London

Dame Sarah, a former nurse, had a distinguished service in the NHS before ordination, culminating in her appointment as the government’s Chief Nursing Officer for England in 1999, when she was the youngest person to be appointed to the post. She was ordained in 2001 and was consecrated as Bishop in July 2015 as only the fourth Woman Bishop in the Church of England and was Bishop of Crediton from September 2015 to March 2018. Dame Sarah became Bishop of London in April 2018.

She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2005 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to nursing and midwifery.

Dame Sarah is an alumna of King’s College London and before her ordination was Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Patient Experience for England.