PositiveAgeingMonthBooklet_October2022

15 Positive Ageing October 2022 | #positiveageingwest Thursday 27 10:30am to 12:30pm Closing Event Tea Dance It’s back! Enjoy a catchup, a cuppa and a dance with Marie. Booking essential with Allison 028 8225 1824 or aforbes@southwestagepartnership.co.uk. Bawnacre Centre, Irvinestown 11:00am to 12:30pm FREE Hearing Aid support Come to our FREE Hearing Aid support session where we can offer 1 to 1 help and advice on how to get the most out of your hearing aids. If your aids are NHS issued, we can also help you fit them and we can re- tube, clean the ear moulds and replace the batteries. Omagh Methodist Church, Peter Good Hall Omagh. For more information, contact Aoife McGlinchey at 079 5170 9923 or by email: aoife.mcglinchey@rnid.org.uk 11:00am to 1:00pm GO ON Introduction to the iPad Booking essential *More on the iPad is a follow-up course to Introduction to the iPad. You can attend either or both sessions. Omagh Library. Telephone 028 8224 0733. Numbers are limited Programmes are correct at time of print however they may change in response to up to date Government guidelines. If you have any symptoms which may be related to Covid please do not attend group activities. The Positive Ageing Small Grants Programme is funded by the Public Health Agency and administered by the Western Health & Social Care Trust. The programme is aimed to support activities and projects specifically for groups working with older people. Grants of up to £500 are to be used for activities/projects for groups to reduce loneliness isolation and improve health and wellbeing. For more information, guidance and an application form contact South West Age Partnership by emailing aforbes@southwestagepartnership.co.uk or call Allison on 028 8225 1824 Linking Generations Northern Ireland is delighted to launch their Food for Life Get Together’s Christmas Small Grants Scheme as part of Positive Ageing Month 2022. Applications will open on 1 October 2022 and close on the 28 October 2022. They are inviting community groups, schools, care settings, nurseries and housing settings to apply for small grants of £125 to bring generations together during the month of December to enjoy good food and each other’s company. For more information, application pack, ideas and resources please visit the LGNI News page News – Linking Generations NI or contact joyce.savage@bjf.org.uk Funding opportunity for Clubs Positive Ageing Month Grants 2022-23 Food for Life Get Together’s Christmas Small Grants Scheme