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HistoryAge & Opportunity traces its origins to a survey carried out by the National Council on Ageing and Older People into the attitudes of younger people to ageing. The results of the survey, conducted among young people at the end of their second-level education, convinced the Council that it was time to take action to promote more positive attitudes to ageing and older people. The first National Day on Ageing, organised by the Council in 1988, provoked widespread interest and subsequently led to the establishment of Age & Opportunity as an independent national agency. Since then, Age & Opportunity has grown to become the Irish national organisation working to promote greater participation by older people in society. Age & Opportunity is distinct from other organisations in that its work is carried out through a series of targeted, practical programmes delivered in collaboration with a range of partners. Collectively, these programmes serve a broad remit by promoting older people’s active involvement in areas ranging from the arts to physical activity; delivering education programmes to challenge negative attitudes to ageing; confidence-building and influencing and enabling development within the ageing sector. |
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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.
Age & Opportunity
Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, Ireland
Telephone: +353 (0)1 805 7709 Email info@ageandopportunity.ie