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EducationIt is now generally accepted that not everyone learns in the same way or at the same pace. The Government's push on lifelong learning recognises this, and it values the fact that, at any age, someone may want to take up a new skill or finally fulfil an ambition to explore something they have been curious about for years. Education is about everything from learning to read right through to writing your PhD on the unexplored universe. As we get older, we can play an important role as teachers, both formally, through planned visits to schools, and informally, through direct contact with grandchildren and other younger people. We can also begin to learn something new. Of particular interest to older people seems to be technology: computers, email, mobile phones, blogs, social networking websites and so on. AONTAS, a voluntary organisation for Adult Learning, offer factsheets from their web site giving general information on returning to education and contact details for local organisers. Find out about the Age & Opportunity / DIT Scholarship on Intergenerational Learning. |
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Home is a special place for most of us. Older & Bolder’s campaign MAKE HOME WORK highlights the obstacles faced by people – older people, people with chronic illnesses, people with disabilities - who want to live well at home and who need support to do so. 
Minister Ring announces recipients of Go for Life National Grant Scheme, funded by the Irish Sports Council for Age & Opportunity's Go for Life programme. A total of 906 older groups nationwide will share a sports allocation of €300,000.
The HSE, the Irish Sports Council and the Department of Health, with the help of organisations like Go for Life, has just launched the Get Ireland Active website. Use the interactive map on the site to find out where Go for Life sessions are happening across the country. C'mon, let's get Ireland active!
Over 1,000 older volunteers from across Ireland joined Minister Michael Ring TD in the Helix in Dublin to celebrate Go for Life's ten years as a national programme.
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