Go For Life

What is Go For Life?

Go for Life is an Age and Opportunity initiative funded by the Irish Sports Council. The Go for Life team at Age and Opportunity administer the programme, working in partnership with the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Offaly Sports Partnership (OSP). There are two Go for Life programmes:

1. The Sports Participation Programme aims to increase participation rates in sport by older people. Leaders are trained locally through the LSP network, and they in turn promote participation in sport among older people in their communities.
2. The Physical Activity Leaders (PAL) programme encourages older people to organise physical activities for older adults belonging to a local group that includes older people among its members. To become a PAL, you must attend a series of eight workshops, organised locally by the HSE and LSP over a set number of weeks in a specific area, and these workshops enable you to plan and lead health enhancing physical activity sessions for older people.

Offaly Sports Partnership in association with Age & Opportunity Ireland are delighted to organise PALs (Physical Activity Leaders) workshops in Offaly as part of the Go For Life programme. Keep an eye on the events page for dates of upcoming courses.

For more information on Go for Life projects, contact Olivia Murphy (administrator, Offaly Sports Partnership) on 057 93 57462 or by email.

To date over 1000 people have attended the PALs’ workshops nationwide. Go for Life, as well as increasing the numbers of older people taking part in sport also increases the number of older people actually leading sport. For more information visit www.olderinireland.ie.