Age Friendly Initiatives
Intro to Age Friendly Initiatives Directory The Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme provides a very good framework to pioneer and drive transformation, innovation and improvement. To date Age Friendly …
Age Friendly Demonstrators
Introduction to Age Friendly Demonstrators and Initiatives Age Friendly places, spaces and environments, offer citizens an opportunity to age in place across the life course. To promote and encourage future …
Initiatives Directory
Age Friendly Business
Could you use a few more customers? How about 1 million more… Did You Know… there are three quarters of a million older people (65+), living and shopping in Ireland and …
How to get Involved?
In four simple steps you can become an Age Friendly Business Step 1. Plan Identify a member of staff to act as a champion for age friendliness and older customers. …
Testimonials
“This programme has re-enforced our own commitment to the older customer within the community.” “If you are Age Friendly and you are appealing to this audience, you are appealing to …
Business Directory
About Us
The Age Friendly Ireland Shared Service supports cities, counties and towns across Ireland to prepare for the rapid ageing of our population by paying increased attention to the environmental, economic …
Who We Are
Age Friendly Ireland The Age Friendly Ireland Shared Service supports cities, counties and towns across Ireland to prepare for the rapid ageing of our population by paying increased attention to …
What We Do
The Age Friendly Ireland Shared Service has made significant progress over recent years in advancing the issue of creating an age friendly Ireland. This vision is emphasised in the 2020 …
Training
Age Friendly Ireland is a registered training provider with Engineers Ireland. The Age Friendly Housing and Public Realm training is CPD approved by Engineers Ireland and the RIAI. Our training provides information on For more information, please check out our full training brochure.
How We Do It
Local Age Friendly programmes involve the development of a multi-agency approach to age-related planning and service provision. Local programmes help cities and counties to be more inclusive of older people …
Policy
Key Policy Developments Informed by programme experience, and in particular the lived experience of older people as surfaced through the ongoing city and county-based consultation processes, Age Friendly Ireland has been invited to develop a range of submissions for key policy documents both at national and local levels. Such submissions …
Dublin Declaration
The Dublin Declaration on Age Friendly Cities and Communities Modelled on the Barcelona Declaration (1995) the Dublin Declaration on Age Friendly Cities and Communities in Europe (2013) was developed on a collaborative basis by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Network of Age-friendly Cities, the Ageing Well Network, and the …
Our Structures
At national level, there are a number of Age Friendly structures providing oversight and governance to the programme. These include the National Advisory Group which comprises of: 6 X Government …
Local Structures
Age Friendly Alliance The Age Friendly Alliance is a high-level cross-sector group, often chaired by the local authority Chief Executive, whose member agencies form an overarching strategic partnership. Age Friendly Ireland actively promotes partnerships and collaborations. Age Friendly Programmes are run by effective city and county-based Alliances, involving senior decision-makers …
National Structures
National Advisory Group The Age Friendly National Advisory Group provides governance, oversight, strategic direction and advice in relation to the overall programme achieving its goals and objectives. They provide guidance and advice where local implementation & best practices can influence national policy on a cross departmental basis and seek to …
National Advisory Group
The Age Friendly National Advisory Group provides governance, oversight, strategic direction, and advice in relation to the overall programme achieving its goals and objectives. They provide guidance and advice where …
Contact Us
Shared Service CentreBuvinda HouseDublin RoadNavanCo. MeathC15 Y291 Call 046 9032170 Email *protected email* Send us a message
Meet the Team
Shared Service
Age Friendly Ireland Shared Service Chief Officer Catherine McGuigan National Technical Programme Manager Declan Gaffney National Programme Manager Emer Coveney Communications and Operations Manager Sylvia McCarthy Research Manager Administration Team Rachel LeavyDavid WeldonCiara McManusAnna-Maria SzenasDarragh Stewart Regional Programme Manager – North Region Mairead Cranley Regional Programme Manager – Midlands Region …
Programme Managers
Each Local Authority Age Friendly Programme is coordinated by the Age Friendly Programme Manager who plays a fundamental role in the implementation of the age friendly programme across Ireland. They work with their local Alliance to develop and implement an Age Friendly Strategy and Action Plans. The Programme Manager adopts …
Technical Advisors
There is an Age Friendly Housing Technical Advisor in every local authority providing specialist housing advice to members of the public and organisations. A key principle underpinning the Government housing policy is to support older people to live in their own home with dignity and independence for as long as …
HAFH Team
National Manager Mark Harrington National Administrator Ashling Buchanan Administration Team Emma Hetherington Dublin & North East Region / South West Caroline Jordan Dublin & North East Region / South West Rebecca Foley Dublin & North East Region / South West Carrie Devine Fernandes Dublin & North East Region / South …