Changing Ireland issue 39 - out now

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The most popular Civil Society magazine in Ireland.

LEAD STORY: Jobs you haven't heard about - 5000 people develop new businesses
Reports from: Canada, Sweden, Brussels, Meath, Donegal, Cork, Offaly, Galway, Limerick & Dublin.

PLUS:

• Volunteers fill the gaps in West Cork

• Meath woman says "Bite the Bullet"

• 12 great websites

• NEW: textbook about Community Development

• EXAMINED: The social impact of adult education classes

• 1-in-6 find jobs with LCDP support

• Solutions and responses to long-term unemployment

• Changing the world; changing ourselves

• Ireland Mark II 

• The Diary of Doris McDermott

• News briefs

EU Year of Active Ageing - Somebody Really Should Do Something!

By Marie Louise Byrne

2012 is the EU Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations – a somewhat wordy title which aims to raise awareness of the fact that we are living longer and staying healthier than ever before – and to realise the opportunities that represents.

Population projections indicate that by 2030 one in five people living in Ireland will be 65 years or older. With active citizenship and inclusion at the core of his inaugural speech, President Michael D. Higgins will launch the EU Year at a ceremony in Dublin Castle on February 9th, he will be joined by Minister Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State for Disability, Equality, Mental Health & Older People and also by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgearld.