Friends of the Elderly Primary School Programmes

The Friends of the Elderly Primary School Programme will be launched this September. 

Activities include:

The Friendship Card activity. Children are asked to make a Friendship Card for an elderly person. Friends of the Elderly will post them as birthday cards or get well cards to elderly people who live alone and are housebound. 

The My Elderly Friend story activity. Children are asked to write about a real or imaginary elderly friend. 

The In My Day school visit. The teacher invites an elderly person to speak to the children about "how life was when I was your age."

Individual, class and school year certificates of merit signed by Aine Brady Minister for Older People and Health Promotion will be issued by Friends of the Elderly on completion of the programme.

 

Please note - Friends of the Elderly is a registered Irish charity. We depend on voluntary donations. There is no charge for the Friends of the Elderly Transition Year Support Programmes. We would be grateful if your school or class could make a contribution or hold a class raffle or other fundraising activity to support our work.    

For more details about the Friends of the Elderly Primary School Programme contact:
Dermot Kirwan at Friends of the Elderly 01 8731855 or e-mail us.

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