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How do I get involved?

Service providers such as community development organisations, VECs and others are delivering Ageing with Confidence in eight counties.

Current providers include:

Ballyfermot/Chapelizod Partnership
Clare Local Development Company
Co. Dublin VEC, Lucan
Community Education Service, Kildare VEC
Edenderry CDP
Galway City Partnership
Galway Rural Development Company
Irish Centre for Social Gerontology
Laois Partnership Company
Southside Partnership
Tolka Area Partnership
Westmeath Community Development
 

 If you would like to take part in an Ageing with Confidence course, contact:

Fiona Holohan
Age & Opportunity, Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Ave, Dublin 9

t: (01) 805 7798
e: fiona.holohan@ageandopportunity.ie

If you would like to train facilitators in your area, contact:

Paul Maher
Age & Opportunity, Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Ave, Dublin 9

t: (01) 805 7734
e: paul.maher@ageandopportunity.ie

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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