Age Friendly

Chapter 4: Implementation
Fingal County Council provides the Senior Citizens Forum with an annual
budget to support their monthly meetings, their annual general meeting and an
information seminar. The forum invites speakers to their meetings. For example,
Dr Kate Irving, a lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at Dublin City University was
the principal speaker at the Fingal Senior Citizens Forum AGM and conference
entitled “Feed The Brain and Feed The Body” in May, 2014. A dietician from
Keelings fruit and vegetable producers in St Margaret’s also spoke at the event.
The Executive Committee of the Older People’s Council
This is a smaller group of people who volunteer or are elected onto the
Executive Committee to work towards making the city/county Age Friendly.
Members of the executive will meet a minimum of four times a year, attend Age
Friendly Alliance meetings, participate on boards and report back to the Older
People’s Council on the Age Friendly programme in the county. The Executive
Committee of the Older People’s Council will also put together a submission
– in consultation with the Older People’s Council – to the Local Community
Development Committee.
Some counties also allocate a part time administrator to the Older People’s
Council Committee.
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The national partnership between Age Friendly Ireland and Age & Opportunity
(mentioned in Chapter Three) also means that member of the Older People’s
Council can avail of training on becoming agents for change, making
public presentations, establishing groups etc. This training can also help
the Older People’s Council continue to grow and develop, encouraging new
members to join and share their voice of experience with the Age Friendly
programme. The aim of the Older People’s Council is always to have as wide
a representation of older people in the city/county as possible.
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