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Users Introduction to Handbook for Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme 12 Welcome to the Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme Handbook. Congratulations on joining this growing network of people working towards making Ireland a better place to grow old in. By bringing together a group of people committed to making their city or county age friendly, there is a real possibility to embed age friendly thinking into our society. Being part of this process is both exciting and daunting. The aim of this guide is to offer practical support but also to inspire you on a journey towards making your city or county a better place to grow old in. An effective approach to developing Age Friendly Cities and Counties throughout Ireland has been built up over the last five years. This handbook aims to give all those starting out and those in the midst of developing an Age Friendly City or County programme an understanding of this approach. The four stages – Set Up, Consultation, Planning and Implementation - of developing an Age Friendly City or County will be carefully outlined across four chapters. At each stage, there is step-by-step guidance on what to do – whether it’s making contact with senior managers asking them to join an Age Friendly Alliance or consulting with a group of older people or writing an Age Friendly strategy that will have real meaning for the older people in your county. Throughout the handbook, we have included templates that will assist you in writing letters, press releases and invitations to launches. It’s a dynamic process to be involved in and the further along the route, more people will become involved, providing leadership and direction. For this handbook, we have drawn on the experience and expertise of Chief Executives and the local authority based Age Friendly Coordinators. We have also spoken to independent Chairpersons of Age Friendly cities and counties. And, most importantly, we have listened to the voice of older people through the Chairs of the Older People’s Councils in various counties. The Age Friendly Ireland Regional Consultants and the local authority based Age Friendly City and County Coordinators have also developed much of the reference materials for this handbook. Ultimately, this handbook helps to build a confident group of decision makers amongst the older population who will continue to inform, influence and embed the collaborative cross-sector agency work that the Age Friendly programme has at its core. The sharing of bestpractice will also become increasingly relevant as more counties join the programme. Resources like this one – and its companion document, The Story So Far sets the groundwork for those who use them to add to, update and develop into what will become an active repository of Age Friendly knowledge and practice over time.
User’s Introduction 1: Set Up · Building Up the Age Friendly Agenda within the Local Authority · Inviting senior managers to join the Age Friendly Alliance · Keeping County Councillors informed about the Age Friendly programme · Setting up the Age Friendly Alliance · Organising and Hosting the launch of the Age Friendly Programme 2: Consultation · Gathering all existing information about older people in your city/county · Consulting with a wide range of older people across your county/city · Summarising and preparing consultation findings for discussion · Presenting the Consultation Findings to Age Friendly Alliance Meeting · Giving Feedback on Findings and Proposed Solutions to Older People 4: Implementation · Beginning to Implement the Strategy · Seting up Thematic Working Groups or a Service Providers Forum · Setting up a Business of Ageing Forum · Choosing a town to become the Age Friendly Town in your county · Keeping the Older People’s Council vibrant · Planning and Hosting a Strategy Review 3: Planning · Writing the Draft Strategy · Setting Up the Older People’s Council · Getting the Alliance to agree to goals within the strategy · Finalising and launching the strategy · Affiliating to the WHO Global Network 13
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TIP: Give yourself adequate time to
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The responses from the Alliance mem
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actions for 2014-2017. This process
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Living The Age Friendly Programme:
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Case Study: Castleblaney became an
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Celebrations: It’s always importa
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how the group organised a Tea Dance
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