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Donwload: Seniors Month Calendar - August 2008 (Adobe PDF document - 911KB)

Every year August is a fantastic month for seniors in the Northern Territory. Seniors Month is all about staying active, keeping fit, trying new things, meeting people and making friends.

Seniors Month is a time to:

• promote a positive understanding of ageing in the community;
• encourage seniors to enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle; and
• enable people and organisations to work together to promote active ageing.

To help celebrate Seniors Month, the Office of Senior Territorians is offering grants of up to $2,000 to subsidise the cost of events and activities during Seniors Month.

Priority will be given to innovative activities involving various sectors of the community and to activities that have the potential to become self sustaining and part of the ongoing activities of the organisation.

There are mini grants (up to $500) and major grants ($501 to $2,000) available to individuals, groups, clubs, organisations, and businesses throughout the Northern Territory for senior’s related activities. The guidelines, application form, catering guidelines and activity ideas document follow.

Grant Forms

• Guidelines
• Application Form
• Catering for Events
• Activity Ideas

Organisations and businesses are also getting involved and doing their own “something special” for seniors.

We offer free advertising in the Seniors Month calendar to businesses and organisations who either:

• provide special offers to seniors during August OR
• arrange events during August that are suitable to market to seniors OR
• arrange special events for seniors during August.

If you need more information please contact the Office of Senior Territorians on telephone 8999 2724, free call 1800 652 736, email ost@nt.gov.au, or by post to GPO Box 4396, Darwin, NT 0801.

Closing date for applications is Friday 14 March 2008.