Positive Ageing Week (PAW) will be taking place from 30th September to 6th October this year at Offaly Libraries, kindly co-funded by Age Friendly Offaly.
Positive Ageing Week 2024 celebrates ageing and the contribution and agency of older people. This year the theme is Challenging Ageism – Reframing How We Think, Feel and Act towards ageing and older persons. This is a socially inclusive event so everyone can take part.
At Offaly Libraries, we will be celebrating this occasion with the following events throughout October.
Bridging Generations Through Robotics!
Join us at Tullamore Library for a fun-filled intergenerational programme where grandparent and grandkids come together to build VEX robots! Let’s create, learn, and explore the world of technology across generations!
Beginning October 3rd, this event will run every Thursday for a period of 6 weeks with the final session taking place on 7th November. Booking is required, please contact Tullamore Library
Digital Skills
Offaly County Council in Collaboration with Offaly Libraries will be launching an Age-Friendly digital skills programme using Acorn Tablets. The aim of this programme is to empower older adults to confidently navigate the digital world by offering tailored training sessions on how to use tablets for online communication, everyday tasks, and browsing. This training will be run directly out of Banagher Library and will be facilitated by West Offaly Training. Participants will learn essential skills like sending emails, video calling, browsing the internet, and accessing online services such as banking, shopping, and entertainment platforms.
For more information, please contact Banagher Library
Needle Felting Workshops with Pauline McNelis in Birr, Clara, Edenderry, and Tullamore Libraries. Please contact your local library to reserve a free place.
Glass Painting Workshops with Pauline McNelis in Banagher, Daingean, Ferbane and Kilcormac Libraries.
Other Library Events around Offaly include;
- Information Session with An Garda Síochána in Tullamore Library on the services and supports they can provide.
- Acoustic Hearts will be joining us in Edenderry Library for an afternoon of songs and stories.
- The Gramophone Society joins us for some beautiful music to celebrate our older patrons for their continued support and contribution to our libraries (Tullamore Branch).
- Midland Strings an adult string ensemble will be performing a special programme to celebrate Positive Aging Week (Tullamore Branch).
- Intergenerational Table Quiz in Birr, Clara, and Edenderry, Libraries.
- We will be hosting coffee mornings in various branches around the county in Banagher, Birr, Clara Ferbane, Edenderry, Kilcormac and Tullamore
- All branches will have a display featuring Age Friendly information for the public to peruse.