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Briain Kelly, 8 Jul
Galway City Council hosted the quarterly Galway Age Friendly Alliance
meeting on Wednesday June 26.
The Alliance is a voluntary partnership made up of representatives from
public sector agencies and other organisations that promote a positive
approach to ageing.
The meeting was chaired by Chief Executive of Galway City Council, Leonard
Cleary, and Chief Executive of Galway County Council, Liam Conneally, as
part of the Local Age Friendly Programme.
Agenda items included a new Age-Friendly Strategy for the City and Count;
Positive Ageing Week, which takes place from 30 September – 6 October this
year; and a presentation on the Social Prescribing Service.
The Social Prescribing Service is a service that connects people to
activities, groups, and services in their community to meet the practical,
social and emotional needs that affect their health and wellbeing.
It is available in both Galway City and County, operated by Galway City
Partnership in the City and Galway Rural Development in the County.
Galway City Council has recently appointed a new Age Friendly Programme
Manager, Katie Fahy, who will work closely with the Older People’s Council
to deliver the Local Age Friendly Programme.
Age Friendly Galway City works to improve the services and facilities
that our older people have identified as being important to them, and the
wider community, as they live healthy and active lives.
The programme involves a multiagency, multi-sectoral approach to
age-related planning and service provision.