AWAKE — Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience METHODS OF TRAINING AND ACTIVATING SENIOR CITIZENS IN POZNAN - good practises of using potential of local ngos and public institutions in the area of adult learning AWAKE PARTNERSHIP MEETING 13 th of October, Poznań, Poland Host organization: The Centre for Senior Citizen Initiatives

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The Centre for Senior Citizen Initiatives is a municipal unit, which was established by Poznań City Council on 8 th December 2009. The Centre has been operating since January 2010. The aim of the Centre activities is to improve the quality of seniors' life including increasing their participation in social life, particularly in the area of education, health, culture and art.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The number of old people in Poznań increases - the percentage of citizens over 60 in 2010 was 22% and it could be 26% in 2020, according to prognosis, so taking care of elderly people is one of the priorities in our city.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The scope of Centre activities comprises the following tasks: • realizing the programme for active ageing, • researching and analysing social needs of senior environment, • regarding information and education in the sphere of social inclusion and intergenerational dialogue, • promoting and encouraging to participation in educating programmes and trainings,

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience • promotion of the elderly people as a significant and valuable part of the community, • promotion and support of seniors' voluntary activities, • using knowledge and experience of the oldest generation, • self-creation and self-realization of the oldest generation in the field of culture, • providing counselling and advocacy for interests of senior citizens and their families.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience We believe that the one of the most important issue is giving the elderly the reliable INFORMATION. A lot of initiatives are already happening in our city and our role is also to support local organizations by giving seniors the directions where to go for e. g. to learn English, take part in a workshop with jewelry making or try to nordic walking. To realize this assumption we manage “ 50+ Information Point” where every senior citizen can get information about interesting events and activity possibilities, as well as various courses for adults.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience • Creation of databases with offers for senior citizens: - senior clubs, local cultural centres, universities for elderly (The third age universitates), cinemas, cultural events, sport and recreation, daily support centers • Information point: Monday-Friday 8. 00 -16. 00, Mickieiwcza 9 a, (f-f, phone) • Action „Senior-friendly place” – certificate for places with the special offer for the elderly, without architectural barriers, with nice service and atmosphere • - Website – news, databases, 9 sections: support and activation, - guidance education, - sports and recreation culture, - work and trainings 50+ health, care,

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience We also promote the idea of voluntary work of 50+ people and manages "50+ Volunteering Centre".

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience Monika Szelągiewicz DIRECTOR Magdalena Krysińska-Sowa CONTACT WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS Natalia Wiśniowska 50+ VOLUNTEERING CENTRE Adrianna Brzostowska PROJECT MANAGER CENTER’S TEAM Katarzyna Gajewska COORDINATOR OF THE „RECO” PROJECT Maria Piątyszek INFORMATION AND PROMOTION

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience • Our staff consists of 6 people only. • The population of Poznań is about 551 627 people – if the percentage of citizens over 60 is 22%, we have about 1, 5 mln seinor citizens in our city (without mentioning about people over 50 !) • It’s impossible to do something for so huge population alone. • We believe that the best way to reach to the greatest number of senior citizens with the idea of active aging is LOCAL COOPERATION. Together we can do more!

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience THE CENTRE AS THE INSTITUTION SUPPORTING ADULT LEARNING • There isn’t any typical trainers in our staff. We don’t teach languages or ICT, we don’t know everything about healthy food or about dancing. • But we are the trainers of active aging and we want to teach seniors how to do something useful with their time and potencial. • We want to initiate an active behaviour among seniors and we do it! But we also believe, that the best way is learning and be active in the local environment.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience We cooperate institutions, with senior many clubs and local non- governmental organizations and educate local environment about needs of old age population. - conferences and meetings - training of efficient management of the senior organizations - diagnosis of needs and expectations of citizens of Poznan over 50.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience How to use the potential of local ngos and public institutions in the area of adult education? OUR RECIPE create them the space to meet and the opportunity to show themselves to the local senior environment

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience • The “Active 50+” fair – this event gives the opportunity to meet with local institutions and organisations which provide active programmes for elderly and realize the idea of lifelong learning. • „Senioralia” – during whole October, we organize free lectures on universities of Poznan and workshops for older people on numerous topics. We want to prove, that even old people can improve their knowledge, develop their passions or learn things, which they couldn’t learn before.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience THE PROMOTION FILM http: //www. youtube. com/user/Centrumis? feature=mhum#p/a/u/0/bc. PDj. Q 76 MX 4

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The „Active 50+” fair are organized and financed by the City of Poznań and the Poznań International Fair. The Centre for Senior Citizens Initiatives is the coordinator of the event. The first edition took place in September 2010 the second one in March 2011.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The fair presents the companies for which adult client is important, and which want to recognize the expectations of experienced and wise elderly consumers. The offer includes topics related to health, work and education, travel, sports, beauty and lifestyle, passions, new technologies and media or finances.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The "Active 50 +" fair is also a space for NGOs and public units which work for people over 50 and try to activate them every day. During two days of exhibition (weekend) organizations present their offer and try to convince doubters, how many meetings, trainings, cultural events and social activities are organized every day in the city and surrounding areas.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The fair’s space is divided into several parts. First of all, there is the exhibition space. Our partners organisations and senior’s clubs can get free exhibition stands (6 m 2) for two days.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience Exhibitors could also organize varied workshops in the special halls. We know from two-year experience that seniors are very happy when they could develop both physical and mental, artistic and psychological skills. Trainers do it without salary – they want to do it just to promote their annual work.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience SPORT In addition, we always organize the special space for sports where exhibitors present and invite to participate in various types of physical activities such as dancing, tai-chi, joga and fitness.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience For those of seiors who are interested in nordic walking we create their own space where everybody has a chance to meet professional instructor and learn how to practise this discipline.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience There is also a main stage where visitors can listen to interesting lectures or presentations of pro-senior organizations. This year we prepared 18 different offers.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The important part of the event is health promotion. During the fair we organized free basic diagnostic tests for the elderly and meetings with doctors: - mammography - blood sugar test, triglycerides - blood pressure test, - body weight, - BMI - consultation with geriatrician - diabetic Education - eye examinations

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The most popular (not only among the women)

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience 14 volunteers worked for us during the last fair, also the 50 + volunteers.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The President of Poznań with seniors from the campaign has opened the second edition of the fair by cutting of the ribbon.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience New faces of the capaign – citizens of Poznań. (older couple – miss and mister of „third youth”)

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience STATISTICS I EDITION Number of visitors: 2 000 Number of commercial exhibitors: 35 Number of social exhibitors: 35 II EDITION Number of visitors: 3 500 Number of commercial exhibitors: 40 Number of social exhibitors: 60 Price of the tickets: for one day – 5 zł (1, 25 EUR), for two days – 8 zł (2 EUR)

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The October 2011

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience October a new tradition called Senioralia – an cultural and educative event aimed at the inhabitats of Poznan and its areas. „Where have all the seniors gone? ” s universities” in Poznan, launched in a n d together with its partners, the four „third age t r a i n g s , The Centre For Senior Citizen Iniciatives

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience By compering Senioralia to the anual event for students called Juwenalia we tried to point to the fact, that seniors are the second most numerous group in our city. That is why thier presence and needs are worth noticing.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The main aim of Senioralia is organizing time and space for seniors, stimulating thier actions through education as well as manifesting thier potential. The project has couple main iniciatives:

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The inauguration of Senioralia – The first of October – The International Day of Older People Senioralia started with a real feast of older people together with the members of the city authorities at the Old Market. The whole event began with the handing of the city keys by the President of Poznan on the stairs of the city hall. The inauguration gathered a half thousend of seniors.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The next part was the march of senior activity that walked through the streets of Poznan to the Freedom Square where the concert of Halina Kunicka was organized. http: //www. gloswielkopolski. pl/aktualnosci/456868, poznanrozpoczely-sie-senioralia, 1, 5, id, t, sm, sg. html#galeria-material

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience Monthly series of open lectures, developmental workshops and training for people over 50 The main focus during this first edition is put on the education. We organise free lectures given by the proffessors from the biggest univeristies in Poznan, from cultural and social studies to departments of science. Lecture topics are varied: - „Miles Davis and his milestones in the history of jazz”, Academy of Music - „ How to understad growing up grandchildren”, Department of Biology AMU - „The problem of the death penalty in the modern world”, Department of politics and journalism AMU - „Flowers for every occasion” Department of gardening and landscape architecture, Poznań University of Life Sciences

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The meetings are organised to break with the stereotype of a senior focused entirely on his/her illnesses and deficits, highlighting at the same time that even in old age one can be curious about the world around him/her. Moreover, everybody can learn something new even when he/she is above 50. The lectures are held in university lecture halls.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience Additionally, in our Center we organized free workshops, mainly psychological and developmental, conducted in smaller groups up to 15 people. All workshops are conducted based on the work of volunteers - none of the trainers did not take any salary. People involved in the workshops comes from our partners organizations, public institutions or they are young volonteers who wants do gain the experience with adult learners.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience We offered our listeners lessons from different disciplines such as wellness, communication skills, psychological and social skills, jewellery making, training of concentration or even sexuality in the old age. 126 people over 50. have taken part in the workshops form the 1 st of October.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience Open days in Poznan organizations, clubs and institutions working for the elderly Under the project we invited senior clubs, NGOs, companies and institutions such as nursing homes, the daily social welfare homes and others to organize in the October the open days and gave older people the opportunity to know them. We know, that many organizations prepare for this occasion his own program of events e. g. concerts, demo lessons, picnics or even ree movie projections in cameral cimemas.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience The inauguration of „Senior-friendly places” action Senioralia has become an opportunity to develop the idea and create the rules of the action mentioned earlier. We create also a graphic sign for identifying places which will receive the certificate. The main objective is to promote places operating in Poznań, such as cafes, shops, cultural institutions and others, responding to the needs of older citizens by offering attractive products and services, discounts for seniors and without architectural barriers.

AWAKE - Aging With Active Knowledge and Experience THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATENTION This project is financed by the European Commision. Project or the publication reflects only the views of the author and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use of information contained therein.