PLACE-EE

Twitter account for PLACE-EE project (Platforms for Ageing Community Engagement - Exchange and Enterprise) funded by Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme

[Ageing Better @Ageing_Better]

📣 AGE-POSITIVE LIBRARY LAUNCHED 📣

We have launched a free library of positive and realistic images of people aged 50 and over.

The images, which depict older people in non-stereotypical ways, are available for download and free to use.

Read more: https://t.co/YVPzGROYVi

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

The PLACE-EE team
@UlsterUni
would like to wish all our partners, all those who worked with us on this project and all the participants Season's Greetings
@BamfordCentre

@fermanaghomagh

@LimerickCouncil

@Skeakommun

@publichealthni

@LinkGenNI
Keep safe!

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

Our website has been updated with new resources including videos from our webinar and podcast. See full list here https://t.co/IUM6d1SBsu

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

All versions (English, Icelandic and Swedish) of our latest newsletter are now available in the resources section of our website https://t.co/IUM6d1SBsu Enjoy!

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

The latest PLACE-EE newsletter is now available. It includes lovely reflections from the partners about their experience being part of this project. https://t.co/c3LOM6gEQo

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

#Thanksgiving in the Transnational Cultural Heritage Archive is this entry from Limerick where Shane Copse and Fiona Kelly perform a traditional Irish tune. The #tinwhistle is related to the native American flute. Beautiful! https://t.co/WubFba4PcL

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

It's #exploreyourarchiveweek 😃 perfect time to look at the Transnational Cultural Heritage Archive - full of wonderful items from NI, Ireland, Sweden and Iceland https://t.co/XLEUyjxRX2

[Limerick Council - Comhairle Luimnigh @LimerickCouncil]

Best of luck to @Place_EE in the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards this Thursday - nominated in the Initiative through the Municipal Districts category 🤞🏼 #ELGAwards2020 @ChambersIreland @AgeLimerick

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

Precious memories from Icelandic participant Ursula who showed us an old picture book. Ursula is born and raised in Germany, escaped to Iceland in her early twenties during the Second World War, she then settled in Iceland https://t.co/tEpZEw5OCp

[Ageing Better @Ageing_Better]

We recently launched a new resource library on healthy ageing, which contains a carefully curated selection of hundreds of reports, research papers, toolkits and articles.

Find out more: https://t.co/irQvidusJi

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

Nice piece on Irish news about how peer to peer support is helping older people access libraries during lockdown. @AgeFriendlyIrl https://t.co/fvhqtBXhlF

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

Just love this - it depicts the spirit of our participants in the project!

[Ageing Better @Ageing_Better]

The winner of our age-positive icon competition has been chosen!

In partnership with @PHE_uk, we aimed to find a new icon to portray older people in a positive light.

Find out more: https://t.co/G8XavgkFU4

[Age NI @Age_NI]

How amazing is this? This is making our Monday a million times better ☺️ 🥰

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

This entry in the Transnational Cultural Heritage Archive highlights the history of #Irishknitting and why it is important that the skill is passed on to the younger generation. #culturalheritage @fermanaghomagh @LimerickCouncil @Skeakommun @NPA2014_2020 https://t.co/JbJIrbLU4q

[Age Joyfully @AgeingBetter]

@FranHamilton_OT Thank you. It’s based on my #book (also wonderful!!! ) brought to life by @imagistical
Here’s her other one with a few of the 170 #quotes in the book

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

Go Mary Cronin! - you can hear from Mary about her experience as an athlete in the Transnational Cultural Heritage Archive https://t.co/YLqImU8DsG

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

A search of the archive for Hallow'een brings up this entry. The poem The Farmer's Boy by Patrick McGill tells of young boys of 12 years being sent away to work from June to Hallow'een to pay the rent https://t.co/0Jr4XKraqV @fermanaghomagh

[PLACE-EE @Place_EE]

In the archive is an entry about Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management, dated 1915. This was an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain, all about cookery, household work, marketing, prices, provisions, trussing, serving, etc., https://t.co/C8JoSqO7bI

[Ulster University @UlsterUni]

Join us for #ResearchHour tomorrow morning, 10-11am.

This month's theme is the future of healthcare and we will be showcasing @UlsterUni research into nanotechnology, AI, wearable technologies, vitamin D and dementia.

#WeAreUU

[Interreg NPA @NPA2014_2020]

Did you know that there is a Líonra de Thaighdeoirí Artacha in Éirinn? 🧐 Not familiar with Irish? It's the Network of Arctic Researchers in Ireland! @NARI_Arctic . 🇮🇪❄️
#ArcticCooperation @NARI_Arctic