A month long festival in May featuring performances, exhibitions, discussions, workshops and readings by artists, and community groups, working in different art forms all over Ireland. Find out more here.
An event bringing together our local and national Bealtaine Festival partners for a day of networking, inspiration, discussion and feedback on the festival. Find out more.
Creates local networks of like-minded people interested in arts and culture who can accompany each other to cultural events. Find out more.
We are working with a number of groups to ensure our work is collaborative and inclusive. Find out more here.
Providing continuing professional development and training for artists’. Find out more.
This opportunity creates access to the arts for older people in care settings as well as supporting artists working in care settings. Find out more here.
This initiative aims to support organisations and artists who work with older people and to promote best practice. Find out more.
We are working to ensure our events and initiatives, and those outside the organisation, are as accessible as possible. Find out more.
Azure explores how people with dementia-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s, and the people who care for them, can have a deeper involvement in cultural institutions and can participate in cultural activities. Find out more.
Training course for participants to plan and facilitate arts activities for older people in care settings. Find out more here.
We are developing creative supports for care settings in order to ensure easier access to the arts for the residents and visitors of those settings. Find out more.
Our charter aims to raise the standard of arts practice in relation to older people and to create confidence in relation to participating in the arts. Find out more.
We are working to ensure our programmes and initiatives are informed and driven by best practice Find out more.
We are working to ensure our events and initiatives, and those outside the organisation, are as accessible as possible. Find out more.
A month long festival in May featuring performances, exhibitions, discussions, workshops and readings by artists, and community groups, working in different art forms all over Ireland. Find out more here.
This opportunity creates access to the arts for older people in care settings as well as supporting artists working in care settings. Find out more here.
Training Course for participants to plan and facilitate arts activities for older people in care settings. Find out more here.
Creates local networks of like-minded people interested in arts and culture who can accompany each other to cultural events. Find out more.
An event bringing together our local and national Bealtaine Festival partners for a day of networking, inspiration, discussion and feedback on the festival. Find out more here. Find out more.
We are working with a number of groups to ensure our work is collaborative and inclusive. Find out more here.
Providing continuing professional development and training for artists’. Find out more.
This initiative aims to support organisations and artists who work with older people and to promote best practice. Find out more.
We are developing creative supports for care settings in order to ensure easier access to the arts for the residents and visitors of those settings. Find out more.
Our charter aims to raise the standard of arts practice in relation to older people and to create confidence in relation to participating in the arts. Find out more.
We are working to ensure our programmes and initiatives are informed and driven by best practice Find out more.
We believe that, whether you are 8 or 80 years old, we all should have access and opportunities to attend and participate in the arts and to realise our creative potential. Fresh thinking, bold experimentation and creativity are all fundamental to delivering a high quality of life for older people.
Research shows that arts programmes involving music, visual arts and drama, among other activities, have a profound influence on the quality of life of older people, with positive impacts on health, psychological well-being, confidence and autonomy as well as other benefits such as: