Age Friendly

Laois Age Friendly Alliance is a cross agency board who seek to develop and put in place age friendly strategies and the Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programmes (AFCCP).

Laois County Council together with their local Age Friendly Alliance Board, may run programmes to support cities and counties to become more inclusive places for older people by planning for and developing age friendly services.

Laois is getting older, just like the rest of Ireland. Planning for this aging population means thinking about older people first when we develop our county for the future. It's important to listen to older people living in Laois to understand what they need now and in the future.

Laois County Council have set up an Older People's Council and support this council to represent the views of older people, promote inclusion of older people in communities, prevent age related isolation and loneliness, and promote fitness and active ageing.