This March we are pleased to offer our Creative Exchanges two-day course at Limerick City Gallery of Art. Creative Exchanges is designed for activities coordinators working in residential or day care settings. It is also suitable for those with an arts background interested in engaging with older people in a care setting. *
Creative Exchanges provides participants with:
Practical skills to carry out creative activities with people in residential and day care settings
An understanding of the value of creative activity, particularly in care settings
Experience of taking part in arts-based workshops
The course is designed to provide meaningful opportunities to engage older people in arts activities and adopts a person-centred approach promoted by HIQA’s National Quality Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People (2016). On completion of the course, a Certificate of Attendance will be issued to participants by Age & Opportunity.
VENUE AND DATES
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Carnegie Building, Pery Square, Prior’s-Land, Limerick, V94 E67F.
Mondays: 24th and 31st March 2025. 10.15 am – 16.30pm.
Tea/coffee will be provided on arrival, and at the mid-morning break.
PRICE/BOOKING
Creative Exchanges costs €399 per participant and participants need to attend both training days. As places are limited, fees need to be paid in advance to secure a place. To enrol, please contact Fiona at engage@ageandopportunity.ie or Tel (01) 913 3922.
*If you are a professional artist (working within a creative or interpretive art form as defined by the Arts Act of 2003), you might like to explore either the Artists Care Exchange or the Arts, Health and the Older Person, training initiatives, we offer for professional artists, visit: www.ageandopportunity.ie/arts for more detail.
This March we are pleased to offer our Creative Exchanges two-day course at Limerick City Gallery of Art. Creative Exchanges is designed for activities coordinators working in residential or day care settings. It is also suitable for those with an arts background interested in engaging with older people in a care setting. *
Creative Exchanges provides participants with:
The course is designed to provide meaningful opportunities to engage older people in arts activities and adopts a person-centred approach promoted by HIQA’s National Quality Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People (2016). On completion of the course, a Certificate of Attendance will be issued to participants by Age & Opportunity.
VENUE AND DATES
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Carnegie Building, Pery Square, Prior’s-Land, Limerick, V94 E67F.
Mondays: 24th and 31st March 2025. 10.15 am – 16.30pm.
Tea/coffee will be provided on arrival, and at the mid-morning break.
PRICE/BOOKING
Creative Exchanges costs €399 per participant and participants need to attend both training days. As places are limited, fees need to be paid in advance to secure a place. To enrol, please contact Fiona at engage@ageandopportunity.ie or Tel (01) 913 3922.
Further information here: Creative Exchanges – Limerick
*If you are a professional artist (working within a creative or interpretive art form as defined by the Arts Act of 2003), you might like to explore either the Artists Care Exchange or the Arts, Health and the Older Person, training initiatives, we offer for professional artists, visit: www.ageandopportunity.ie/arts for more detail.
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