Seniors Week

About Seniors Week

Seniors Week is an opportunity for Queenslanders of all ages to join together and celebrate the valuable contributions of older people. In 2013, Seniors Week will be celebrated from 17–25 August.

Seniors Week aims to:

• improve community attitudes towards older people and ageing
• facilitate community participation and activity by older people, including those from Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• enhance community connections and inter-generational relationships.

Seniors Week is currently coordinated by the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Queensland, which receives Queensland Government funding to collaboratively plan, run and subsidise Seniors Week events and activities.

Organising a Seniors Week event

Community groups and organisations are encouraged to hold events during Seniors Week that raise awareness of issues faced by older people and increase older people’s participation in the community.

Contact COTA Queensland to:

• become a Seniors Week 2013 partner
• register your event.

Further information

For more information about Seniors Week 2013, contact COTA Queensland on 1300 738 348 (toll free within Queensland on a landline) or 3316 2999.