“Age Friendly Illawarra is an alliance that aims to create opportunities for older people to lead active, engaged lives and contribute positively to Illawarra communities.”
“Age Friendly Illawarra is an alliance that aims to create opportunities for older people to lead active, engaged lives and contribute positively to Illawarra communities.”
“Age Friendly Illawarra is an alliance that aims to create opportunities for older people to lead active, engaged lives and contribute positively to Illawarra communities.”
“Age Friendly Illawarra is an alliance that aims to create opportunities for older people to lead active, engaged lives and contribute positively to Illawarra communities.”
Age Friendly Who
Age Friendly Illawarra is made up of business, government and community organisations working to drive improvements to social, civic and employment participation by Illawarra seniors, and access to transport, housing and support services.
Age Friendly Initiatives
Blog
A Two-Way Street.
Our older citizens do need help from time to time adjusting to the challenges that come with ageing. However that does not mean that they have nothing to give back to society. At Living Connected, we prefer the term elder to that of senior citizen or older person. It implies that engaging with our elders benefits us as well as them and we learn a
Homes for vulnerable older people
If you struggled to get out of your warm bed this morning, spare a thought for the 115,000 Australians who didn't have a bed to sleep in last night. No safe place to return to at the end of a cold winter's day. No place with a door to lock and the fear of facing another night sleeping rough. One of the fastest growing groups
How can we engage ‘older people’ to actively participate in creating ‘age-friendly’ cities?
What is Social Marketing? I once conducted focus groups for a project in Kiama. Photo stimulus were shown of local beach scenes to elicit local ownership and buy in for the social marketing campaign. It was fascinating to listen to the discussion about the identification of ‘Gerringong’ v ‘Bombo’ sand. The colour and texture of the sand on these coastal beaches was obvious to them
Age Friendly Join Us
Help make our region more Age Friendly.
Age Friendly Illawarra is seeking motivated and passionate organisations and individuals to help develop and deliver the Age Friendly Illawarra vision through various activities and action plans in the region.
Age friendly Illawarra has two levels of membership, Partner and Ambassador. You can benefit by collaborating with like-minded organisations to drive your activities and support our vision.
Download our Membership Proposal to find out more.
Age Friendly Partners
What Do You Think?
Age Friendly Illawarra, is governed by a steering committee of representatives from each of the member organisations. The committee meets regularly and would love to hear from you.