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Full of Life resources

We have created a suite of Full of Life artwork which includes logos, letterheads, and templates you can tailor for posters and press releases. We would encourage you to use these in your own materials promoting anything you are doing to support UK Older People's Day.

To access this artwork and to receive ongoing information from us about Full of Life please email dwp.fulloflife@dwp.gsi.gov.uk.

Full of Ideas toolkit

The Full of Ideas toolkit includes a selection of "ready made" event ideas. This is designed to help you plan an event from start to finish. It also includes examples and feedback from previous successful Older People’s Day events which we hope you’ll find inspirational.

Active Ageing events

If you want to organise an event under the getting and staying active in later life theme there are other resources that may be helpful. The Active Ageing toolkit consists of four separate elements:

Active Ageing events is a concept developed by the British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health at Loughborough University. The main aim is to reach out to new participants and give as many older people as possible the opportunity to experience enjoyable, appropriate and sustainable physical activities in a safe, friendly, supportive and fun environment.  The intention is to grow the initiative in the run up to the Olympics in 2012.