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A<br />
<strong>National</strong> advocacy body on ageing and older people. Committed to fighting<br />
discrimination and promoting positive ageing and securing high quality<br />
services for all older people. Believes that older people are central to driving<br />
forward these changes for themselves and succeeding generations. Provides<br />
an information and library service. Promotes innovation and good practice<br />
through educational programmes, projects and campaigns for the rights <strong>of</strong><br />
all older people. Runs advocacy programmes in the West, South East, North<br />
West and North Dublin. Also runs training courses for older people and<br />
carers <strong>of</strong> older people including reminiscence, media, age awareness and<br />
services through Irish. Offers an IT training course called Getting Started,<br />
which aims to provide older people with computer skills. The Care & Repair<br />
programme helps to carry out odd jobs for the older person (over 65) and<br />
provides a befriending service.<br />
Publications: Monthly Newsletter – Ageing Matters in Ireland; <strong>Directory</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Services for Older People in Ireland (2nd Edition); <strong>Directory</strong> <strong>of</strong> Research on<br />
Ageing and Older People in Ireland; <strong>Directory</strong> <strong>of</strong> Services for Older People in<br />
the West <strong>of</strong> Ireland; Grandparenthood in Modern Ireland.<br />
Age and Opportunity<br />
Marino Institute <strong>of</strong> Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9<br />
Tel: (01) 805 7709 Fax: (01) 853 5117<br />
Email: ageandop@mie.ie Web: www.olderinireland.ie<br />
Works to promote greater participation by older people in society. Works<br />
in a range <strong>of</strong> areas from the arts and physical activity to promoting age<br />
equality. Two <strong>of</strong> its best known initiatives are Bealtaine, the national arts<br />
festival celebrating creativity in older age (annually in May), and Go for Life,<br />
the national programme for sport and physical activity for older people. Also<br />
<strong>of</strong>fers AgeWise, age equality workshops to raise awareness <strong>of</strong> ageism among<br />
organisations making policy or providing services to older people. Runs an<br />
arts training programme for staff <strong>of</strong> care centres.<br />
Publications: various newsletters.<br />
AHEAD – Association for Higher Education Access and Disability<br />
East Hall, UCD, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin<br />
Tel: (01) 716 4396 Fax: (01) 716 4398<br />
Email: ahead@ahead.ie Web: www.ahead.ie<br />
An all-Ireland organisation working in the third-level education sector. Its<br />
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