Bealtaine is Ireland’s national festival celebrating the arts and ageing. The festival is run by Age & Opportunity, the national organisation working to enhance wellbeing for older people through participation in sport and physical activity, arts and creative engagement, personal development, community collaboration, and active citizenship.

The first workshop: Mind Your Self, focuses on mindfulness and joyful living, with techniques to de stress, calming the mind and provide clarity. Participants will gain focus and clarity to manage thoughts and self-talk, how to notice thinking and the stories we tell ourselves. Gentle meditation and breathwork to ease into our day.

Programme to build your confidence, develop essential job-seeking skills to open the door to new employment opportunities. Topic 1: confidence building & reframing challenges. Topic 2 goal setting, define your career objectives. Topic 3: skills review, identify transferable skills & strengths, CV writing. Topic 4: effective job searching techniques.