Age Friendly Award Shortlist

The Local Heroes Campaign - a collaborative effort of the interagency Positive Ageing Week Team - has been nominated for an Age Friendly Ireland Recognition and Achievements Award 2025!

Some of the Local Hero Team, past nominees and the Age Friendly Judging panel at The Cope Bungalow, Mervue

The Positive Ageing Week Local Heroes team members are COPE Galway, Galway City Council Galway County Council, Galway City Partnership, Galway Rural Development, FORUM Connemara CLG, Comhar na nOileán and HSE Ireland.

The team presented the project to the Judges, who also heard about the experience and impact of the campaign from some of the previous nominees. A huge thank you to all those who attended

The project, which celebrates the contributions of older people to our communities across Galway city and county, has been nominated under the Age Friendly Active and Healthy Ageing category.

We look forward to the Awards ceremony in October!

To learn more about the Positive Ageing Week Local Heroes Campaign see https://www.copegalway.ie/advocacy.../positive-ageing-week/.