City Department for Senior´Affairs (Seniorenbüro der Stadt Graz)
Austria
The senior office acts as a networking and relay institution for various activities offered for elderly citizens in the city of Graz.

Community empowerment in Graz - Denggenhof
Austria
The housing scheme “Denggenhof“ in the city of Graz has approximately 1500 inhabitants. The community management project “Denggenhof“ was launched in 1999 to promote active and representative participation towards enabling all community members to meaningfully influence the decisions that affect their lives and improve their living situation. Citizens are considered as experts of their life situations and are empowered to implement innovative ideas according to their individual interests and skills.

Megaphon-Uni. Education without Barriers
Austria
The MAGAPHON-University enables social disadvantaged people to obtain eductaion at university level by providing a series of lectured tailored to the needs and interests of the target group. All lectures are free of charge. The idea behind is \"the exchange of knowledge at the same level\" between professors teaching at university and socially disadvantaged (older) people.

Next task for social helpers 60 +
Austria
The aim of this project is to encourage men entering the third age as well as “young“ senior citizens to get involved as voluntary “social helpers“ for men with mental illnesses and disorders. Basically, social helpers support men with mental illnesses and disorders to participate actively in society and to promote their healthy attributes. Due to their new task, the prior target group also plays an active role in the community and social isolation can be prevented.

Promoting Healthy Ageing in Rural and Semi-Urban Communities in Austria (Lebenswerte Lebenswelten)
Austria
"Lebenswerte Lebenswelten für ältere Menschen" is a best-practice model of community-based health promotion for the elderly commissioned by the Austrian Health Promotion Foundation. The three-year-project's aim is to develop, explore and evaluate innovative approaches or policies for community-development and empowerment of elderly population groups to improve their health-related quality of life and participation in social activities. The project started in March 2003 in 13 Styrian communities located in two districts. These districts differ in two criteria: population income and percentage of elderly people.

Ripe Apples (Reife Äpfel)
Austria
Ripe Apples is a health promotion project for older women in rural regions. Due to changed living conditions an increasing number of people, and specially women, live to a ripe old age. So our community is getting older. The embedding in a social system, like family, work or clubs guarantees a higher quality of aging. But existing familial and social networks gets more and more lost. Therefore, women need assistance for the step from the second into the third period of life, into the post-professional and/or into the empty-nest phase. The project realised meeting points for women in communities in Styria, where women can meet .

SenSi - Security for Senior Citizens
Austria
Within the project trainers specialised for security provide free training units for older women in order to improve their ability for self-defence.

Involving the elderly into community planning of social services
Czech Republic
Involving the elderly into planning of social services by negotiation with seniors´ associations and via principles of community planning.

Training family members in qualified care for an elderly person
Czech Republic
Family members taking care for their relatives are trained for qualified home care.

University of the third age
Czech Republic
The seniors attend classes and seminars organized by the third age university

Excercise and gymnastics for senior migrant citizens (Bewegungs- und Gymnastikangebot für ältere Migranten)
Germany
In the neighbourhood centre of a Wetzlar district senior gymnastics for migrant citizens were offered.

Centre of counselling, help, care and socialisation for older people (Portineria Solidale)
Italy
AUSER and AVOPRORIT presented their project to the local administration and started the activities in a district with a high density of older people.

Computer courses for women 50+
Lithuania
80-hour computer course for elderly women, including 40 hours of theory and 40 hours of practice. The courses are arranged free of charge using the funding of projects. After acquiring basic IT skills women can search for job offers, find the necessary information, pay their bills via the internet, communicate with friends and relatives by e-mail.

How to introduce yourself to the employer and how to start your own business for women 50+
Lithuania
60 hour (30+30) free-of-charge course for active women wiling to get a job, change a job or start their own business. Basic knowledge on writing a CV, application letter, suggestive speaking, body language; types of business companies and methods of setting up a company, writing a business plan.

Quality of Life Survey
United Kingdom
An annual survey to assess the quality of life of the local population.

Social Club for Older People
United Kingdom
Social club for older people with range of activities relevant to their needs and interests