{"events":[{"id":15588,"global_id":"ageandopportunity.ie?id=15588","global_id_lineage":["ageandopportunity.ie?id=15588"],"author":"5","status":"publish","date":"2025-09-03 14:57:52","date_utc":"2025-09-03 14:57:52","modified":"2025-09-03 14:57:52","modified_utc":"2025-09-03 14:57:52","url":"https:\/\/ageandopportunity.ie\/event\/changing-gears-course-lucan-dublin\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/ageandopportunity.ie\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/15588","title":"Changing Gears course &#8211; Lucan, Dublin","description":"<p>We are delighted to offer Changing Gears, in person this November and December in Lucan, Co. Dublin. Designed to boost wellbeing and resilience for those aged 50+ years, it is a five-session course which focuses on managing transitions in mid to later life.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to discover more about yourself and your capacity to meet different challenges? Would you like to take stock of your skills and experiences and plan your next steps in life?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Changing Gears?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Changing Gears supports people in dealing with transitions or significant life-challenges in mid to later life. It focuses on how we can build resilience, take stock, make changes, and bounce forward in life.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Changing Gears offers participants time to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop skills and techniques to build resilience and confidence in managing life-changes or transitions.<\/li>\n<li>Reframe transitions in their lives as opportunities with positive options, challenging negative stereotypes about ageing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The course invites participants to reflect on challenges they have experienced in the past and life-lessons they have learned. In this way, strategies for building resilience and managing change draw on personal experience to lay the foundations for a more positive and fulfilling future.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How can I get involved?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This course is delivered in 2 \u00bd -hour sessions once a week over 5 weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lucan Library, Unit 33, Lucan Shopping Centre, Newcastle Rd, Esker South, Lucan, Co. 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It has been developed so participants can build on their learning from Creative Exchanges \u2013 Level 1 and develop further confidence in their roles.<\/p>\n<p>Creative Exchanges Level -2 will provide participants with:<br \/>\n\u2022 Further practical skills to carry out creative activities with people in residential and day care settings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An opportunity to experience arts-based workshops which allow time to demonstrate skills learned and to receive specialised coaching and feedback (helpful tips for delivery in one\u2019s own work setting).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Space in which to explore and evaluate the effectiveness of different creative activities and approaches with particular groups in various settings.<\/p>\n<p>On completion of the course a Certificate of Attendance will be provided by Age &amp; Opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VENUE AND DATES<\/strong><br \/>\nVenue: The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin 8<br \/>\nDates: Wednesdays, 19th and 26th November Time: 10:15am \u2013 4.45pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>COURSE FEE<\/strong><br \/>\nCreative Exchanges course fee, \u20ac380 per participant. 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