What is Age of Opportunities?
The Age of Opportunities programme is a programme of activity aimed at promoting health and wellbeing to the residents of Bury aged 50 and above to help improve people’s quality of life and their experience of healthy ageing. It reflects the need of a growing population and promotes the health and wellbeing of our 50+ community. Not only is the campaign about awareness, but we are creating long lasting changes along with our partners so that our 50+ residents get a service that meets the needs of the times.
Latest Newsletter:
Age of Opportunities Newsletter - Issue 3 - June 2008.
Services for 2008.
Recent News / Upcoming Events
News
The Age of Opportunities initiative for the over 50’s in Bury has been given an award by the North West Employers Organisation for ‘Recognising Diversity’
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Events
Healthy Ageing Group, Health Walks.
Physical activity plays an important role in improving and maintaining everybody's health. Walking is an activity that is easily accessible to most people. Join the Rangers, qualified health walk leaders, for a stroll around one of Bury’s parks and the local area.
Please click here to see the Health Walks poster.
Please click here to see the Health Walks leaflet.
Small Steps pilot project.
Are you over 50? Are you looking for new hobbies or activities to take part in? Do you find lately you have more free time to fill? Are you lonely and looking for friendship? Are you feeling blue or lacking in confidence? Or do you love life and want to get the most from it?
If you have answered yes to any of the questions above, then please click on the link below to find out more:
Please click here to see the Small Steps poster.
Lunch and Learn.
As the Christmas period is fast approaching Lunch and Learn only have a small number of courses that have been arranged for the remainder of 2008, more courses will be added in the New Year.
For further information on any of the current courses available, why not visit the Lunch and Learn section.
T.S.B Indoor Bowls League - Teams Required
The season runs from October to march and is played at Castle Leisure Centre on Thursday’s and Friday’s. We run two divisions with twelve teams in each division but currently we have vacancies for three or four teams. A match consists of two pairs of players playing on two mats. Division one will play Thursday at week one and on Friday at week two alternating throughout the season. Division two will play on opposite days. Matches commence at 9-30 am and then every hour, last match starts at 2-30pm.
For further information on the league, and for details of prices and how to apply, please follow this link
So why are we targeting the 50+ age group?
Worldwide awareness of the implications of an ageing population is not new. The White Paper: Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: a new direction for community services, published in January 2006, lays out a lasting and ambitious vision to reform and improve our community services to create health and social care services that genuinely focus on prevention and promote health and well-being.
With the increased pressure on resources and desire to improve quality of life, there is a need to move to a more prevention-type focus, rather than relying on costly specialist interventions. Population projections for Bury reveal that by the year 2022 the over 65 age range in Bury will increase by 29% compared to the population in 2005, and the over 85 age range will increase by 54%. These projections show a real need to promote healthy ageing
Contact Information
If you would like further information, or you would like to comment on any of our services please email: ageofopps@bury.gov.uk.
Alternatively you could write to us or give us a call at the following address / telephone number:
The Age of Opportunities Programme Manager.
First Floor, Craig House,
Bank Street, Bury, BL9 0BA.
Telephone: 0161 253 6587 / 5487.
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