Age Friendly Ireland

Age Friendly Ireland is the organisation responsible for the national Age Friendly Shared Service, affiliated to the World Health Organizations [WHO] Global Network of Age Friendly Cities and Communities. The programme involves a multiagency, multi-sectoral approach to age-related planning and service provision. Age Friendly Ireland supports cities and counties to be more inclusive of older people by addressing their expressed concerns and interests under the eight pillars of the World Health Organizations global programme. The Age Friendly Business Recognition Programme offers training, and encourages low cost or no cost changes to make a business more Age Friendly and eligible to receive an Age Friendly Charter. Age Friendly Ireland operates as a shared service centre of local government hosted by Meath County Council. The shared service centre supports a network of 31 local Age Friendly Programmes which are led by local authorities and which involve many stakeholders from other p...