The Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award (in partnership with Meath and Louth County Councils) aims to support older professional artists to develop their practice, by creating time and space to think and reflect on their work and to bolster their peer network. This will be achieved through a dedicated bursary to attend […]
Building Resilience and Managing Transitions in Mid to Later Life ‘The future is not something out there that we step into but ourselves as we choose to become.’ We are delighted to be offering Changing Gears in partnership with Business in the Community Ireland. It is a six-week course designed to boost wellbeing and resilience. […]
We are seeking applications from professional artists with an interest and background in the arts and older people in a care context, to participate in a new Age & Opportunity professional development Arts initiative, the Artists Care Exchange (ACE). Professional artists from a wide range of art forms are encouraged to apply, including but not […]
FitLine is a free, volunteer-led telephone-based mentoring and support service which seeks to encourage people over the age of 50 to become physically active and maintain physical activity as part of their daily lives. It is an evidence-informed initiative and was initially piloted in Drogheda in 2009. The evaluation of the pilot found that participation […]
