Age Friendly

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These may include:
• Senior Enterprise, Entrepreneurship & Employment
• Indigenous opportunities: ‘Age-aware’ businesses throughout the County
• FDI opportunities - Technologies for ‘longer living’
• Collaboration between the public and private business support organisations and among
businesses themselves.
• Development of an Age Friendly Business Charter for use by all approved members
• Creation an older consumer panel in collaboration with The Older People’s Council that will
inform the action plan on an ongoing basis.
• Devise an agreed cross sector business plan over the short, medium and long term
Membership of the Forum
Membership is open to all businesses operating in the County. Members must be interested in
developing as an Age Friendly Business.
Members will commit time and resources to achieving the aims of the Forum
Structure
The Business of Ageing Forum will:
• Establish a Forum Executive which will comprise of a Chairperson and Secretary and will have a
membership that is representative of cross sector of services and business groups
• The Forum Chair will sit on the Economic Forum and will represent the Business of Ageing Forum
• Task Groups will be formed in order to achieve specific aims of the Forum in relation to
industry specific initiatives and representatives from the broader group will be invited to work
on these task groups
• Economic Forum (subject to resource availability) will issue the minutes and agenda in advance
of each meeting and provide secretariat support when required
• The Chairperson will be elected annually by the members and must be a representative of the
business community and sit on the forum representing a business interest.
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