Positive Ageing Week (PAW) will be taking place from 29th September to 3rd October this year at Offaly Libraries. Positive Ageing Week 2025 celebrates ageing and the contribution and agency of older people. Positive Aging Week 2025 will carry on the theme of Challenging Ageism – Reframing How We Think, Feel and Act towards ageing and older persons. This is a socially inclusive event, so all are welcome.
Offaly Libraries are also proud to partner with LOETB’s Community Education service in the delivery of our Crochet Workshops. Offaly Libraries will be celebrating Positive Ageing Week with the following events:
- Chair Yoga sessions with Theresa Cunningham in all Offaly libraries.
- Crochet Workshops with Courtney Murray LOETB in Birr, Clara, Daingean, Edenderry, Kilcormac and Tullamore Libraries.
- Line Dancing Demonstration with John in Edenderry Library.
- 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!
- Tullamore Community Choir will be performing a special programme to celebrate Positive Aging Week (Tullamore Branch).
- Drama Workshop with Helen Keenan in Edenderry Library – Voicing the Land.
- Intergenerational Storytime and Teddy Bears Picnic in Tullamore Library.
- Comhrá agus Amhrán at Clara Library.
- Intergenerational Board Games Evening in Clara Library.
- Intergenerational Arts & Crafts in Kilcormac Library.
- Classic Movie Morning in Tullamore Library.
- 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.
To book in to any of the events above, please contact your local library. Details can be found on our website https://www.offaly.ie/c/library-events-activities/
