Age Awareness Week takes place from Monday 28 September to Saturday 3 October 2009 with a host of events scheduled to explore issues on ageing in venues across Northern Ireland. Organised by the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP), this year’s theme is ‘representation’. All events celebrate the diversity of older people’s lives and highlight the positive contribution older people make to our society.
The events calendar includes art exhibitions, films, discussions and conferences across Belfast; poetry and storytelling in Portadown; an intergenerational event in Strabane; information events in Ballymoney, Newry and Limavady; and dance and drama in Lisburn, Derry, Omagh, Armagh and Coleraine.
To launch Age Awareness Week, a Drive in Movie (Screening Harold and Maude) organised in conjunction with Jameson Belfast Film Festival will take place at the Kings Hall Complex, Belfast on Monday 28 September at 8pm. Tickets cost £6 (£3 for people over 60) and can be purchased from Jameson Belfast Film Festival on 028 9032 5913 or online at www.belfastfilmfestival.org.
There is something for everyone so download the event guide now and start planning your Age Awareness Week!
There is still time to run an event during Age Awareness Week 2009. New event information can be added to the Age Awareness Week website (www.ageawarenessweek.com) up to Friday 18 September. Please contact Patrice Morris (CAP Communications Officer) on 028 9089 5594 or email Patrice.Morris@ageconcernhelptheagedni.org to supply information about your event.
Click here for more information on Age Awareness Week 2008.
Click here for more information on Age Awareness Week 2007.