An exhibition of photographs which will challenge negative public perceptions of ageing and older people is currently touring Ireland.
“Generations Together” features the winning images and some of the other images from this year’s Age Action’s Positive Ageing Week Photographic Competition. It is sponsored by ESB Customer Supply, who are also supporting Positive Ageing Week.
“If, for example, you fear ageing and believe it will be a time of poor health or isolation, then we would urge you to drop in and view these images of ordinary older people continue to enjoy their lives into their 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond,” Age Action chief executive Robin Webster said.
The exhibition will be on view in Positive Ageing Week Towns, Ballymun, Cashel, Waterford, Trim, Dundalk, Midleton, Athy, Dungarvan, Sligo, Tullamore, Boyle, Drogheda, Arklow and will be on view in Dublin & Galway for Positive Ageing Week, which runs from September 24 to October 2.
It can be viewed at the following venues:
Friday 2 July to Monday 5 July:
Boyle - St Ronan's Community Hall, Keadue, Boyle, Co Roscommon
Friday 2 July to Sunday 18 July:
Athy - Community Library,Town Hall, Emily Square, Athy Co Kildare
Boyle - St Ronan's Community Hall,Keadue, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Ballymun - Ballymun Partnership, North Mall, Ballymun, Town Centre, Dublin 11, Ireland (2009 Exhibition)
Friday 6 July to Sunday 18 July:
Boyle Town Library, Boyle, Co Roscommon
Wednesday 21 July to Wednesday 4 August:
Midleton - Midleton Library, Main Street Midleton, Co. Cork
Sligo - Johnstons Court Shopping Centre, O' Connell Street, Sligo
Trim - Trim Library, High Street, Trim, Co Meath (2009 Exhibition)
Saturday 7 August to Sunday 22 August:
Arklow - Arklow Town Council Office, Bridgewater Shopping Centre, Arklow
Drogheda - Drogheda Library, Stockwell Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Dundalk – Dundalk Library, Roden Place, Dundalk, Co.Louth
Wednesday 25 August to Wednesday 8 September:
Dungarvan - Presentation Community Development Centre, Mitchell Street, Dungarvan Co Waterford
Tullamore - Tullamore Dew, Burgh Quay, Tullamore, Co.Offaly
Cashel - Cashel Library, Friar Street, Cashel, Co Tipperary (2009 Exhibition)
Monday 20 September to Sunday 3 October:
Dublin - House 29, Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin 2
Galway - Ballybane Library, Castlepark Road, Ballybane, Co. Galway
Waterford – TBC (2009 Exhibition)
If you would like to be involved in your local celebrations or if you would like to organise an event in your town to recognise the positive contribution which older people have made – and continue to make – to your community, please contact Lyndsey Jones or Lorraine Murphy at 01 475 6989 for an information pack.
Click for more details: http://www.ageaction.ie/positive-ageing-photo-exhibition.htm