Celebrating Age Festival - get bids in now

South Gloucestershire Council, Age Concern, the Senior Citizens Forum and Southern Brooks Community Partnership are staging the second South Gloucestershire Celebrating Age Festival, for people aged 50+ from Saturday 18 June to Friday 1st July 2011.
The organisers are aiming to have a wide range of activities and events during the festival, the goal of which is:

• To provide a range of fun, enjoyable, informative and stimulating events for older people many of which link to ongoing activities
• To encourage older people to take part in activities in their local community
• To celebrate the positives of ageing and the range of activities older people can take part in South Glos.
• To raise the profile of older people in our community
• To reach a mix of older people from different communities

One way you can get involved now is to bid for funding for an event or activity. The organisers say:

Events that receive funding will be publicised in the festival programme. The sorts of events to think about are: trips out to places of interest, lunch events, arranging talks, arranging taster sessions of different activities, musical or dance events. The emphasis should be on existing members enjoying the event as well as attracting new people. We welcome applications from all sorts of groups…you might be a craft group, a sports and social club, a group attached to a place of worship, a dance group, a skittle group, a darts team, a carers group, a group for older people from an ethnic minority….applications are welcomed from all, and we are keen to see a wide range of events funded across South Gloucestershire.

Application forms must be returned to Denise.swain@southglos.gov.uk by 31st March 2011.