Atoutage organizes training on intergenerational practice
The Belgian organisation Atoutage and its member Courants d’Ages are proposing a training session (in French) on how to set up an intergenerational project, combining theoretical information on methodology, concrete exercises and exchange of experience. It will take place in Ottignies (Belgium) on 16 and 23 March 2015. More information (in French) at: www.atoutage.be/cles-pour-une-action-intergenerationnelle-de-qualite-ottignies-16-et-23-mars-2015
Alternativa 50+: Video on age discrimination in employment
AGE’s Czech member ogranisation Alternativa 50+ has created a video on age discrimination in employment. Candidates for a job were asked about ‘age optimisation’ and how they would apply it in the job they were applying to. See the results in this video (in Czech with English subtitles).
Age Action publishes booklet on older people’s experience of poverty in Ireland
The publication, ‘Growing Older in Ireland – The impact of austerity on older people’s experience of poverty’, was issued on the occasion of the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17th October 2014 to raise awareness about the lived experience of growing older in Ireland in 2014 and in particular the […]
New Spanish policy framework for seniors
The Spanish Institute of Elderly and Social Services IMSERSO (Instituto de Mayores y Servicios Sociales) has produced a policy framework for older people with the aim of collecting, in a single text, the main priorities that will guide the present and future public policies towards older people aimed to promote active ageing and as well […]
ATDAL OVER 40 invites Danish, Greek, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Turkish seniors to take part in a survey on learning motivation
ATDAL OVER 40 and its partner association Per Formare have launched a broad survey on learning motivation factors, under the Grundtvig project IMAL “Innovations in Mature Adult Learning”. This survey seeks to explore factors which influence senior people’s educational choices and support their motivations, through a questionnaire addressed directly to citizens aged 40 + in […]
Result of Enéo’s survey on how older people live their retirement
As part of the project “Une vie après le travail” (a life beyond employment), the Belgian Senior organisation Enéo has carried out a survey among 2496 French-speaking Belgian pensioners of various age and backgrounds in order to enquire about their level of safistaction after retirement. 9 out of 10 respondents reports to be satisfied – […]
Discover the winners of Entr’âges’ photo competition on intergeneration
Du 8 au 16 novembre 2014, l’asbl Entr’âges vous invite à venir découvrir les lauréats du concours photo organisé par l’asbl Entr’âges en partenariat avec le Centre Culturel Jacques Franck. Jusqu’au 14 novembre, vous aurez l’occasion de voter pour le PRIX DU PUBLIC. “L’intergénération, pour vous, c’est quoi?” Les réponses des photographes participants sont poétiques, […]
BAGSO checklist ‘Planning a car purchase?’
Are you planning to purchase a car? The checklist, developed in cooperation with the German Federal Association of Senior Citizens Organisations (BAGSO) and the organic traffic Club VCD, highlights important criteria to consider before buying your car, namely with regard to getting in and out, seating, outward visibility, fittings and much more. Some important advice […]
Mrs Ruth Brand has left us
It is with great sadness that we have learned the death of Mrs Ruth Brand who passed away on 13 August 2014 at the age of 85. Mrs Brand was Vice-President of AGE’s German member organisation BAGSO and a longstanding member of AGE’s Administration Committee and AGE expert. Mrs Brand was very actively engaged to […]
ENEO Workshop on Belgium’s pension reform
On 29 September 2014 Belgium older people’s organisation Enéo is organising a workshop to examine and discuss the pensions reform proposals put forward by the Belgium’s pension reform Commission 2020-2040. Mrs Béa Cantillon, Professor for Social politics at the University of Antwerpen and Director of the Centrum voor sociaal Beleid, will lead the debate. You […]
AGE Northern Ireland calls on NI Officials to deliver on promise to ban age discrimination
On 29 July 2014, representatives from Age NI and Age Sector Platform met with Northern Ireland Junior Ministers Jonathan Bell and Jennifer McCann to stress the importance of legislation to outlaw age discrimination in areas like healthcare, financial services and retail, and ensure older people are provided with the same protection as their counterparts in […]
Alternativa 50+ (CZ): Video on work with older unemployed people
AGE’s Czech member, Alternativa 50+ has produced a 7-minute YouTube video, subtitled in English, in which they present the challenges faced by older people on the labour market in the Czech Republic and the volunteer-based work that Alternativa 50+ does to help them find a job again. The video can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp5sLlNzTgs
‘Les petits frères des Pauvres’ combat seniors’ isolation during the summer
In order to address the rising isolation phenomenon among seniors in France, AGE French member organisation les petits frères des Pauvres got mobilized with the support of a large number of volunteers to bring assistance and company to about 2500 lonely and frail older people during the summer. The objective of this action is to […]
Anziani e Non Solo runs projects to foster digital inclusion and support migrants willing to work in elderly care
AGE Italian member Anziani e Non Solo is running two European projects projects: UISEL to facilitate e-accessibility and e-inclusion among older people and the MNGLE to improve the social and economic integration of migrants wishing to work in the sector of elderly care and tourism. UISEL – UBIQUITOUS INFORMATION FOR SENIORS LIFE UISEL is an […]
