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The week aims to raise awareness of the rights of older people and the multiple discrimination faced by them. A launch event will take place at Stormont on 29 September.
What is Age Awareness Week?29 September to 3 October 2008 is Northern Ireland's third Age Awareness Week, a week initiated by the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP) which aims to recognise and celebrate older people. Older people, with support from the Changing Ageing Partnership, and CAP partners are organising events across Northern Ireland which will highlight the issue of discrimination against older people specifically in relation to the provision of goods, facilities and services. In addition the stereotypical view of older people as a homogenous group will be challenged and their diversity celebrated.
This year the theme for Age Awareness Week is Rights (one of the four key themes of the 2007 European Year for Equal Opportunities for All) with a particular focus on Human Rights and Equality. The aim of the week is to raise awareness of the right to equality and non-discrimination and of the problem of multiple discrimination faced by many older people.
Age Awareness Week will be launched on Monday 29 September at 10.30am with the support of the two Junior Ministers in the Long Gallery, Stormont. At this event key research findings on rights and older people will be released.
Other key events during Age Awareness Week:
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