About The Older Person's Network |
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For more information on this area of the Partnership's work, please Manus Bree, Community Development Project Worker, at e-mail manus@ballymun.org or telephone (01) 582 39522.
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Ballymun has been chosen as one of six towns nationally to be a Positive Ageing Week town this Autumn.
The purpose of the week is to show that ageing is not something to fear, but something to celebrate, Age Action chief executive Robin Webster said . . . click to find out more >>
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An exhibition of photographs which will challenge some negative public perceptions of ageing and older people will be staged in Ballymun Civic Centre from Thursday 6th September to Wednesday 12th September.
. . . click to find out more >>
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For someone who lives alone this is a wonderful way to have daily contact with someone. Its a comfort to know that someone is calling to have a friendly chat. (Moira, Blanchardstown).
The Friendly Call Service, now available in Ballymun, was established in 2005 to provide a free Telephone Alert Service to those who live alone or feel isolated or vulnerable . . . click to find out more >>
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Are you over 65 living in Ballymun?
Grants are available from the Dept of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to provide the following:
Window locks, door locks and door chains, Security lighting, Smoke alarms, Once off costs of installing neck pendants.
Collect an application form from the Partnership offices.
Funding is limited.
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Tower Songs Evening Wednesday 7th March at 7.00pm in Ballymun Partnership.
Tower Songs is a long term city-wide arts project, led by CityArts, which celebrates through voice, sound and song, the memory and experience of a number of tower block communities across Dublin as they make the transition from tower block living via major urban regeneration initiatives.
. . . click here to find out more >>
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