24-08-2008, 02:10 PM
Seniors Week Melbourne 2008
Event: Victorian Seniors Festival
Organisation: Office of Senior Victorians
Description: The Festival is a week-long celebration for seniors held each year. It includes hundreds of free or low cost events, forums and activities, across Victoria, as well as free public transport for Victorian Seniors Card holders. The festival recognises the valuable contribution older people have made and continue to make to our community.
Date: 5th Oct 2008 to 12th Oct 2008
[url="http://www.seniors.vic.gov.au/web19/osv/dvcosv.nsf/headingpagesdisplay/victorian+seniors+festival+2008"]http://www.seniors.vic.gov.au/web19/osv/dv...s+festival+2008[/url]
2008 Festival Update
For the purposes of the festival, seniors are considered to be people aged 60 years and over, who are not in full time employment, and are therefore eligible for a Victorian Seniors Card. Entry to many of the festivalâs free and discounted events is by the Victorian Seniors Card.
The purpose of the Victorian Seniors Festival is to promote a positive attitude to ageing amongst the whole community, and seniors too, but specifically we aim to:
* increase awareness and generate positive recognition of senior Victorians.
* communicate key festival themes and healthy and active living, to Victoriaâs 900,000 seniors, their families and friends as well as the wider community.
* maximise participation in the Festival at local and regional levels.
* raise awareness of the Governmentâs role in the Festival and the regard in which it holds older Victorians.
* provide tangible recognition of the contribution of seniors to society.
* foster greater community understanding of seniorsâ interests and concerns
* promote 'Go for your life'
Event: Victorian Seniors Festival
Organisation: Office of Senior Victorians
Description: The Festival is a week-long celebration for seniors held each year. It includes hundreds of free or low cost events, forums and activities, across Victoria, as well as free public transport for Victorian Seniors Card holders. The festival recognises the valuable contribution older people have made and continue to make to our community.
Date: 5th Oct 2008 to 12th Oct 2008
[url="http://www.seniors.vic.gov.au/web19/osv/dvcosv.nsf/headingpagesdisplay/victorian+seniors+festival+2008"]http://www.seniors.vic.gov.au/web19/osv/dv...s+festival+2008[/url]
2008 Festival Update
For the purposes of the festival, seniors are considered to be people aged 60 years and over, who are not in full time employment, and are therefore eligible for a Victorian Seniors Card. Entry to many of the festivalâs free and discounted events is by the Victorian Seniors Card.
The purpose of the Victorian Seniors Festival is to promote a positive attitude to ageing amongst the whole community, and seniors too, but specifically we aim to:
* increase awareness and generate positive recognition of senior Victorians.
* communicate key festival themes and healthy and active living, to Victoriaâs 900,000 seniors, their families and friends as well as the wider community.
* maximise participation in the Festival at local and regional levels.
* raise awareness of the Governmentâs role in the Festival and the regard in which it holds older Victorians.
* provide tangible recognition of the contribution of seniors to society.
* foster greater community understanding of seniorsâ interests and concerns
* promote 'Go for your life'