The Third Age Foundation, based in Summerhill County Meath, Ireland is an older people's organisation, run by older people for older people.

The Third Age Foundation empowers and enables its members, presenting new ideas, opening up new possibilities.

Everyone is welcome at the Third Age Foundation - members are not asked for a birth certificate, an address or a country of origin - but organise and take part in intergenerational and intercultural projects, partnership projects with a local long-stay residential care facility and a local Traveller group, lifelong learning, drama, IT, health and fitness project, Failte Isteach Project... the list is endless.

Ashoka Award

Mary Nally, Founder and Chairperson of the Third Age Foundation, has been awarded the prestigious Ashoka- Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Fellowship for empowering older people in Ireland. Through the Third Age Foundation and its many initiatives, Mary Nally offers a model of positive ageing in Ireland to older people.