Advocacy & Awareness

Advocating for Positive Ageing

We believe in promoting and supporting the potential and positivity of ageing and older age and contributing to initiatives which support a positive ageing experience. The main purpose of Positive Ageing Week in Galway is to showcase the value and the contribution of older people in our communities, and to say “thank you”. Ultimately, we are supporting the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing aim of “changing how we think, feel and act towards age and ageing”.

Awareness and Information Campaigns

Throughout 2021, we worked towards increasing awareness locally and nationally of the challenges faced by the people we serve and the changes we seek on their behalf. We did this through various integrated media, marketing and social media campaigns and through our (often online) outreach, training and advocacy work.

COPE Galway is extremely grateful for the generous and unfailing support of local print, online and broadcast media, whose work has been vital in helping us amplify our messages to decision makers and amongst the wider community.”