Positive Ageing Week.

  Our compliments to COPE catering for the delicious cake                marking Positive Ageing Week. 

             Thanks from all at Croi na Gaillimhe Lunch Club.

Fundraising Craft Fair at Croí na Gaillimhe

Fundraising Craft Fair at Croí na Gaillimhe Saturday 16th November from                     10am to 1pm.              

        Handmade  knitted goods, cakes, and crafts all created by the knitting group at Croi na Gaillimhe

A Busy Week

Well, it has been a busy week here at Croí na Gaillimhe!

First up on Monday, the new Life Skills course took place; the course is run by AWARE and will take place on Monday mornings over the next 6 weeks from 10am to 11.30am. All places on this course are currently completely booked but anyone interested in the programme, should contact AWARE at either www.aware.ie or on 1890 303 302 for further information.

Our second event was certainly very exciting as the fantastic intergenerational project ‘Living Scenes’ draws to a close for another year. All the participants joined members of the Social Club, SVP and representatives from Galway Community College and NUI, Galway to celebrate their achievements. Ably introduced by Loretta, Professor Tom Scharf, Director of the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at NUI Galway, Ireland spoke of the lovely opportunities provided by the project for the participants to learn from each other and to experience life through the eyes of another generation. 

Next Hedy Gibbons, our wonderful creative facilitator spoke about the joy of working with the group and how they incorporated their own individual experiences into their work. Hedy then introduced several members of the group who read from the wide range of pieces that they had created over the past few months during the creative writing module.

Maria Moore, from Galway Community College, explained how they combined artwork with each stage of the programme this year; leading to the creation of some of the beautiful pieces of artwork currently on display in the centre. 

Dr. Mary Surlis, spoke about the impact of the programme throughout the country but also on an individual level for the participants. 

Perhaps the most momentous point of the afternoon was still to come; Maria Moore invited each participant to receive their certificate and booklet of creative writing and art work. 

It was a truly lovely afternoon where all participants gave voice to their over-whelming positive experiences and memories of the Living Scenes programme 2011 – 2012.

Keep an eye out for photos which will be posted shortly!!