As preparations for the Seniors Festival Expo gear up, the peak body for older people in NSW is calling for a society-wide rethink on attitudes to ageing.
The Council on the Ageing (COTA) NSW will join other exhibitors and organisations at the annual Expo (11–12 March), welcoming hundreds of older people who attend in-person and online events across the state this March.
“Make sure you drop by the COTA NSW stall at the Expo to say hello and sign up for our free membership, to ensure your voice is heard on the things that matter to you as you age,” said Gohar Yazdabadi, CEO of COTA NSW.
“We want NSW to continue to be a great place to live as we grow older. Ageing should be a time of celebration, and this year’s theme, Live Life in Colour, is a reminder that later life is rich with possibility, contribution and joy.”
COTA NSW is encouraging the community to see ageing not as a narrowing of opportunity, but as a stage of life filled with experience, creativity and connection.
“Older people are volunteers, carers, mentors, workers, artists, neighbours and leaders. When we embrace ageing as something vibrant and valuable, we strengthen our whole community,” Ms Yazdabadi said.
COTA NSW recently launched The Little Book of Good Things to showcase examples of NSW residents who are thriving in their third age.
“There’s no blueprint for ageing well, but our case studies are living proof that older people have so much more to give. Living life in colour means recognising that contribution doesn’t diminish with age; it evolves. This is a win-win situation. It benefits not just older people, but our whole community,” Ms. Yazdabadi added.
COTA NSW is at the NSW Seniors Festival Expo (stall 53) on Wednesday 11 March 9 am - 4 pm & Thursday 12 March 9 am - 3 pm. Exhibition Hall 3, ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour.
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NOTE: COTA NSW CEO Gohar Yazdabadi is available for interview.
Contact: Jackie May 0402 958288 or email [email protected]
The Little Book of Good Things can be read/downloaded at the COTA NSW website www.cotansw.com.au
