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Positive Ageing Week is an opportunity every year to emphasise the positive aspects of aging and celebrate the invaluable contributions of older individuals in our communities. The theme of Positive Ageing Week 2023 is Challenging Ageism- Reframing How We Think, Feel and Act towards aging and older persons.

Get ready for an unforgettable journey into the world of creativity and imagination as the 27th annual Baboró Festival is set to take place over ten days this October (Friday Oct 13 to Sunday Oct 22). Baboró will unfold across various venues throughout Galway city and county, promising an exhilarating lineup of entertainment and engagement for families and individuals of all ages.

Ionbha, The Empathy Book of Ireland, is due to be launched in Charlie Byrnes on Friday November 11.

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University book launches do not often celebrate books made by young people, said Dr Lindsay Myers, one of the academics responsible for the introduction of NUI Galway’s highly successful BA Children’s Studies Degree.

There is an easy-held perception of homelessness that it comes about after a longrunning series of catastrophic events; that one’s life must have been on a spiral before they land at rock bottom; without a place to call their own, or a light to guide them in the tumble downwards.

An innovative initiative led by COPE Galway, invites children to send cards to their grandparents, highlighting the impact of grandparents and older persons on our lives.

The fifth Galway Cartoon Festival, which starts tomorrow, Friday October 1, has a “packed, dense and diverse programme”, with cartoonists from across the world sharing their illustrated views of the last 18 months.

Galway-based author John Hearne’s first children’s book ‘The Very Dangerous Sisters of Indigo McCloud’ has just landed in bookshops. Published by Little Island in Dublin, it’s a laugh-out-loud adventure story for 9 to 12 year olds.

Children are naturally creative, but how often are their creative efforts truly encouraged and enabled to flourish in a non-competitive environment? No matter what type of childcare we find for our children, the opportunities for them to grow their skills and to build their confidence, to find out who they are and what they stand for can easily be missed in the business of life.