Age Friendly Calendar

The calendar was produced in partnership with Western Health & Social Care Trust, Public Health Agency, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and South West Age Partnership.

There are five simple steps to help keep our minds well and active:

Connect
Keep learning
Be active
Take notice
Give

These have been built into the calendar to encourage users to build these good practices into their daily routines and to think of them as their ‘five a day’ for wellbeing.

Download 2021 Age Friendly calendar

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