Cork Older People's Forum

Cork Older People's Forum

What is the Cork Older People's Forum?

Older People’s Councils are established in every local authority area of Ireland under the National Age Friendly Programme. In Cork the Older People’s Forum provides a forum for older people in the City to come together, share common concerns, ideas and experiences, and to inform the decision-making process of the Cork Age Friendly City Programme. The Forum brings the voice of older people into local government and help to inform private and public service provision.

The membership is made up of individual older people and older people’s groups for example, active retirement groups, people with dementia, people living in residential care, and people of different ethnicities.

Membership of the Forum is free and open to all.

The forum meets quarterly and its functions are to :

 Represent the views of the Forum at the Cork Age Friendly Alliance. 

• Provide older people in Cork City with a recognised Forum to contribute to the decision-making processes that may affect their lives. 

• Provide advice and information to co-design solutions in response to barriers and challenges facing older people 

• To feedback information and progress on the area plans and City-wide strategy to older persons groups in the area. 

• Inform national policy issues through the National Age Friendly Ireland structure.

L-R Cork City Age Friendly Forum members Nora O’Donovan, Finbarr Coughlan, Phil Uí Mhurchú, Noel Dempsey and Chris Dorgan, Cork City Council at the launch of the Cork City Age Friendly seating in Cork city.

 For further information on the Cork Age Friendly City Programme or to join the Age Friendly Forum or mailing List please contact:

 Siubhán Mc Carthy (Coordinator)

Cork Age Friendly City Programme, Community, Culture and Placemaking, City Hall, Cork.

Tel 021-4924560 

Text or WhatsApp : 086 0123479   

E-mail: agefriendlycork@corkcity.ie  &  siubhan_mccarthy@corkcity.ie