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Intergenerational: Community Archive Project launching in Co Longford

A good Positive Ageing Week was had by all across Offaly with lots of activities though unfortunately some had to be called off due to the weather. Positive Age...

THERE was great excitement in Offaly last Tuesday night as the local lotto in aid of Mucklagh Community Centre was won for the third time in ten months. The win...

Sligo County Council, through the Sligo Healthy Ireland Fund 2019-2021, has commissioned four artists to creatively capture Sligo walks to explore the relationship between people and their environment. The idea around the Take a walk for Me project is to present an opportunity to support Older People's wellbeing during the pandemic, to creatively connect with them during a time of social isolation.As journalist David Farrier says, the Coronavirus has "brought us back into the age of the foot instead of the age of the wheel". Why do we walk for pleasure? One reason is connection to nature whi...

Active Age for All and the Donabate Portrane Community Centre have worked together to bring the 'Covid Christmas Tree' project for the 'Fingal Inclusion Week' to fruition. A spokesperson said: 'This year we based Inclusion Week around a time when we, mostly, could only meet virtually and we wanted to bring generations together on the project. 'For this reason, we approached representatives of some of the schools, societies, peninsula organisations and individuals. 'As it turned out, we could not meet at all but we wanted this project to reflect an enthusiasm to stay in touch and to do som...