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27/2/2023 5 Comments

Vale Philippa Campbell

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We lost our beautiful Philippa Campbell on Friday night at 5.52pm. Philippa's death leaves a big hole in the revolution and a big hole in my heart. She was my colleague and my mate. I loved her very much and admired her even more than that. Philippa was passionate about older people, she set the benchmark high and was unwavering in her determination to build respect for older people. She was also a straight shooter who called it like it was. She would often say: we  have  to do better than this.... and she was right, we do need to do better. That's what I loved about her - she saw inequality and she called it. She saw ageism and she called it. She saw a service gap and she called it. That was her gift to us - to hold up a mirror and ask us to do better. 

Philippa worked in older person's advocacy for the last decade or so, and until late last year she was the CEO of Elder Rights Advocacy in Victoria. The photo above shows Philippa (second from right) and her colleague Cassie at the launch of our Kinfolk project to support older TGD people. Philippa's legacy will continue at Elder Right's Advocacy with CEO Debra Nicholl sharing Philippa's passion for respect and the empowerment of older people. Philippa's legacy will also continue with us at Celebrate Ageing - we have plans to honour her ethos and will announce those soon. Vale Philippa.
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Dr Catherine Barrett, Director of Celebrate Ageing 
5 Comments
Dannika
27/2/2023 04:57:56 pm

A force and character in life taken soon. Beautiful words Catherine xxx

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Rosemarie Draper
28/2/2023 08:57:06 am

So sorry to learn of this. Such a loss to the world.

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David Menadue
28/2/2023 10:36:55 am

Incredibly sad to hear. She was a great leader at ERA and will be sorely missed ❤️

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Pauline
2/3/2023 02:37:29 pm

Philippa often talked about how important you were to her Catherine. She admired your work so much. A tragic loss in all our lives.

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Jenny Blakey
3/3/2023 09:56:39 am

Philippa was a wonderful support and driver for me as Manager at Seniors Rights Victoria. Her passion, pushing for social justice and strength in acting on issues and opportunities, her warmth and capacity to care was enormous. Because of her, the recognition of the rights of older people has advanced greatly. She influenced so many people; colleagues, government and other services. She supported many older people in making changes in their lives for more safety and a better quality, whilst respecting what they wanted. She is terribly missed.

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