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Agewise

The aim of AgeWise is to raise awareness of attitudes to ageing and older people among organisations whose work affects the lives of older people. From there, it encourages action on how ageism may be countered within organisations and workplaces.

The workshops enable participants to:

  • Understand the personal, cultural and structural effects of ageism
  • Identify instances of discrimination against older people
  • Devise strategies to counter age discrimination in their workplace or community.

Workshops can be delivered to groups of up to 24 people while talks can be delivered to groups of any size. Age Equality workshops are facilitated by two trained Age & Opportunity Facilitators, while retirement workshops and talks are delivered by one trained Age & Opportunity Facilitator.

 

What's New

Dancing workshop with PALs in InchicoreAge & Opportunity and the Irish Sports Council announce that €350,000 has been allocated under the tenth National Grant Scheme for Sport and Physical Activity for Older People.

Read more about the National Grant Scheme 

Download a National Grant Scheme Application Form

Playing flute at Bealtaine 2010 launchThe dust is settled and the numbers crunched. Bealtaine 2010 was our biggest  festival ever! We estimate over 101,000 people took part this year.

Read more about our findings.

Visible Lives logo

Visible Lives is a research project exploring the lives, experiences and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Ireland who are aged 55 and over.

Read more about Visible Lives.

Minister Aine BradyÁine Brady TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Older People, acknowledges the role and contribution of older people to society.

Hear what else she had to say about the work of Age & Opportunity

Ann Healy from the Southside Partnership talks about running Ageing with ConfidenceThe Southside Partnership have run a number of Ageing with Confidence programmes.

Listen to what Ann Healy says about her experience of taking part.

 

 

A major independent evaluation of Bealtaine has been conducted by the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG), National University of Ireland, Galway.

 

Read more on the Bealtaine evaluation.

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