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Management & Staff

Board

Age & Opportunity is managed by a Board of Directors, the members of which are mostly retired volunteers. The Board’s role is defined by Irish law and its Articles of Association. Working with CEO, Catherine Rose, they regulate the affairs of Age & Opportunity and agree policy direction for the organisation.

The Board also contribute to an ethos of empowerment within Age & Opportunity which means that, as an organisation, we seek equality, not charity, promoting the participation of older people as decision-makers and active participants.

Age & Opportunity's board members are:

  • John Hynes (Chair)
  • Mary Kelly
  • Ita Mangan
  • Sylvia Meehan
  • Mamo McDonald (Honorary President)
  • Patrick J Mulvee
  • Helen O'Donoghue

Staff

Here are a list of contacts for more information about Age & Opportunity and its programmes:

General enquiries
June Welsh - t: 01 805 7737 e: info@ageandopportunity.ie

Media enquiries
Ciaran McKinney - t: 01 805 7709 e: ciaran.mckinney@ageandopportunity.ie

Bealtaine
Rebecca McLauglin - t: 01 853 5179 e:rebecca.mclaughlin@ageandopportunity.ie

Go for Life
Sue Guildea - t: 01 805 7733 e:gfl@ageandopportunity.ie

Ageing with Confidence
Aleksandra Szymbara - t: 01 805 7733 e: aleksandra.szymbara@ageandopportunity.ie

AgeWise, Creative Exchanges
Fiona Holohan - t: 805 7798 e: fiona.holohan@ageandopportunity.ie

Get Vocal
Paul Maher - t: 01 805 7734 e: paul.maher@ageandopportunity.ie

What's New

Make Home Work campaign logoHome 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. 

Find out more about Make Home Work

Minister Michael Ring and Mary Harkin of Go for LifeMinister 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.

Read the full story about the Go for Life Grants announcement

Get Ireland Active Website logoThe 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!

Find out more in our news.

Minister Ring speaking at the Go for Life ten year celebrationOver 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.

Read more about Go for Life's big day.

 

EngAGE TV logo

EngAGE TV comes to DCTV (Dublin Community Television).

 

Watch an episode here

 

'Well into Older Age - Age & Opportunity and the Evidence' isCover of Well into Older Age report a report from the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUI Galway, examining what research says about the value of promoting participation of older people.

Read the Well into Older Age press release

Download a PDF of Well into Older Age

For more news, follow this link.