Thank you for choosing to join the first Age Without Limits Action Day. We’re really pleased that you’ve chosen to support the day with an event / activity or you’re interested in helping us spread the word by promoting the Action Day and it’s aims via your networks.
The Age Without Limits campaign aims to spark a debate and conversation about what ageism is and to change the way we all think about ageing. The Action Day is a chance for individuals, communities, and workplaces to learn, take action and help change the way we think about ageing. The Action Day is your chance to make a difference.
How we are represented as we grow older can have a profound impact on other people’s beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours towards us – this is particularly important if some or all of those representations are negative or stereotypical. It’s also important that we are represented at all.
We’re excited to share the Action Day pack which contains plenty of ideas to help you make your chosen activity on the day a success. You can use this pack for ideas about how to talk about ageism and ‘See and Be Seen’ when you introduce your activity. You’ll also see that it includes a draft press release, tips for social media and blogging as well as some useful social media templates you can use.
We’ve created some free, downloadable materials to support you in whatever you do to mark the Age Without Limits Action Day. We will be updating this page with additional resources in the build up to the Action Day on March 20th. We hope you find them useful.
A note on translation: Age Without Limits is a campaign from the Centre for Ageing Better and funded for activity in England only. We are not funded to provide materials in other languages and therefore we’re extremely grateful to Cardiff Council and Age-friendly Cardiff who have translated, typeset, and agreed to share Welsh language versions of our workplace activity pack, A4 poster and A5 flyer (see below).