The deadline has been extended for this year’s How We Age photography competition, which is seeking images of older adults engaged in work, teaching, learning, or volunteering in their local communities.

The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has extended the deadline for entries to the all-island photography competition to coincide with International Day of Older Persons on 1 October.

The competition is free to enter, open to residents of Ireland and Northern Ireland over the age of 18.

It seeks to build on the success of IPH's 2022 competition by creating a series of images that will better represent and more accurately portray what it means to age or get older in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Under the theme of ‘Working, learning, and volunteering in later life’, the 2024 competition is seeking photographs that show how older people enrich our lives and communities through work, teaching, learning, or volunteering.

Entries are invited that reflect and include older adults engaged in:

• Working – all forms of work, part-time, full-time, paid and unpaid;
• Learning – engaged in lifelong learning, teaching or sharing skills, learning new skills;
• Volunteering - contributing at local or community level, both formally and informally.

Entrants can submit up to a maximum of three photos via an online entry form. Acceptance of terms and conditions is a condition of entry.

Prizes include gift vouchers for photography equipment to the value of €/£500 for first prize, €/£300 for second prize, and €/£100 for third prize, depending on where the winning entrants reside.

Visit www.publichealth.ie/photo for terms and conditions, submission guidelines, and consent forms.