Positive Ageing Month - October 2022
Welcome to Positive Ageing Month As Head of Health Improvement, Equality and Involvement for the Western Health & Social Care Trust, I am delighted once again to support the annual Positive Ageing Campaign. This is a great example of how working together can achieve great results. I would like to thank all our partners for providing a wide range of activities and events for older people. Positive Ageing month puts a focus on the 5 steps to wellbeing - Be Active, Connect, Take Notice, Give and Keep Learning. This year there are many opportunities to participate in programmes that will allow you to achieve all these steps. The varied programme offers dancing, swimming, poetry and opportunities to meet new or old friends, reading the newspapers over tea. What is not to like? There are too many activities to mention so I would encourage you to take a look and attend as many as you can!!!! Seamus Ward Head of Health Improvement, Equality and Involvement, WHSCT
Welcome to Positive Ageing Month
As Head of Health Improvement, Equality and Involvement for the Western Health & Social Care Trust, I am delighted once again to support the annual Positive Ageing Campaign. This is a great example of how working together can achieve great results. I would like to thank all our partners for providing a wide range of activities and events for older people.
Positive Ageing month puts a focus on the 5 steps to wellbeing - Be Active, Connect, Take Notice, Give and Keep Learning.
This year there are many opportunities to participate in programmes that will allow you to achieve all these steps. The varied programme offers dancing, swimming, poetry and opportunities to meet new or old friends, reading the newspapers over tea. What is not to like? There are too many activities to mention so I would encourage you to take a look and attend as many as you can!!!!
Seamus Ward
Head of Health Improvement, Equality and Involvement, WHSCT
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Programme of Events<br />
1:00pm -<br />
2:00pm<br />
Thursday 27th <strong>October</strong><br />
10:00am -<br />
12noon<br />
11:15am -<br />
12:30pm<br />
2:00pm -<br />
3:30 pm<br />
Friday 28th <strong>October</strong><br />
7:30pm -<br />
9:30pm<br />
Monday 31st <strong>October</strong><br />
6:30pm -<br />
7:45pm<br />
‘Giving Voice to the Land’ - Island Voices <strong>2022</strong>, Guildhall<br />
Reflections on the portrayal of the natural world in the languages of Irish and<br />
Ulster-Scots. Listen to the Land Speak: The Lost Wisdom of the Land with<br />
Manchán Magan. Contact 028 7137 2411 or<br />
email tower.reception@derrystrabane.com to book. See also<br />
www.derrystrabane.com/islandvoices for other lunchtime lecture dates<br />
Free Hearing Aid Support in Ballycolman Community Centre<br />
Free 1 to 1 help and advice on how to get the most out of your hearing aids.<br />
Contact Mary Cruickshank at 07918767640 or by<br />
email: mary.cruickshank@rnid.org.uk<br />
Halloween Themed Paper Crafts – (Online Event via Zoom)<br />
Arts Care will be delivering a free Creative Art Zoom workshop with artist Clare<br />
McComish. Contact Clare on 028 9031 1122 or email clare@artscare.co.uk to<br />
book.<br />
Dementia Friendly Tea Dance in the Millennium Forum<br />
Held monthly the tea dance is free afternoon of entertainment and music provided<br />
by The Ringabellas! Early booking is advisable as places are limited. Contact 028<br />
7126 4455 (option 1) or email lisah@millenniumforum.co.uk to book and advise of<br />
any dietary requirements.<br />
History Workshop at Learmount Resource Centre, Park<br />
Come along to this History Workshops, where discussions will be based on<br />
local and national historical subject with a Guest Speaker. Costs £3. Booking<br />
essential. Contact 028 7778 1881 or email learmountgroup@gmail.com<br />
“As a society, are we ageing as well as we’d hoped?” at Strathfoyle Library<br />
join in this free adult discussion group. Refreshments provided and no booking<br />
required. Contact Diane Thomson on 028 7186 0385 or<br />
email diane.thomson@librariesni.org.uk<br />
<strong>Positive</strong> <strong>Ageing</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2022</strong> | #positiveageingwest<br />
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