Seniors promotion
Use your Find Legal Answers resources to promote awareness of legal issues to older people
The NSW Seniors Festival will run from 11-24 March 2024. The theme of the festival is Reach Beyond!
Libraries run a range of programs and events for the Seniors Festival, covering a broad range of topics. It's a great time to promote the resources in your Find Legal Answers collections, and to let the seniors in your community know where they can find legal information and help.
NSW Seniors Festival website
You can find a range of promotional resources on the NSW Seniors Festival website.
You can also register your library's event.
Scams quiz
The seniors in your community can check how much they know about scams by doing our quick online scams quiz. 
Display one of the posters below in your library or at your events. The posters have a QR code that links to a quiz dealing with different types of scams.
Posters zip file
Social Media
Find suggested posts and images you can use to let the seniors in your community know about the legal information available to them on our seniors social media page.
Community talks from ID Support NSW
ID Support NSW offers a variety of community programs for a wide range of audiences. Their presentations are designed to educate and inform NSW customers on:
- What to do if your proof of identity documents or credentials are ever stolen or fraudulently accessed
- How to mitigate the risks of online threats and scams
- How to spot a phishing attack
- How to enable safety protocols and features on your devices to safeguard your personal information.
You can request a talk using their Book a session form.
Find Legal Answers website
The Legal information for older people page links to online books, factsheets and sources of legal help for older people.
Pamphlets to order or download
Order free pamphlets to add to your showbags or give away to seniors during events.
Legal Aid NSW
Legal Aid NSW has a number of free pamphlets you can order or download. Go to the Order a publication page and select the Older people topic. Recommended pamphlets are:
- Adult children living at home. What to do if you want them to leave?
- Are you a grandparent? Your legal questions answered
- Are you experiencing violence or abuse? You can make it stop
- Helping your family financially? Understand the risks
- Moving in with the family? Make sure you protect your interests
- They want me to leave
- Who will decide for you if you can't decide for yourself? Think about planning ahead
- Why make a will?
- Your home and the age pension. What you need to know.
Extra copies of the Tool Kit title Speaking for myself: planning for later life decision making can be ordered from Legal Aid.
The Legal topics for seniors booklet has information about older persons rights, scams, aged care, and helpful contact numbers of agencies and services for seniors in NSW.
You may wish to promote the Legal Aid YouTube channel, which has a series of short videos, podcasts and webinars on a variety of legal topics.
ID Support NSW
ID Support NSW provides information and support about identity theft.
They are in the process of finalising their fact sheets and other information resources and will add them to their website shortly. In the interim, they have provided the printable fact sheets in the zip file below. Information is available in English and ten community languages.
ACCC
The little black book of scams highlights a variety of popular scams that regularly target Australian consumers. You can order hard copies by sending an email to scamsengagement@accc.gov.au.
NSW Ageing & Disability Commission
You can download or order a range of resources dealing with elder abuse, including information in community languages and for First Nations communities, from the NSW Ageing & Disability Commission.
Energy & Water Ombudsman NSW (EWON)
The Energy & Water Ombudsman NSW (EWON) is a free, fair, and independent dispute resolution service for electricity and gas customers, and some water customers, in NSW.
You can order general EWON publications and resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities from their Order publications page.
They also have easy to understand factsheets in 40 languages about how EWON can help resolve issues with energy or water providers, opening/closing accounts and payment assistance, as well as videos in Mandarin and Arabic. See their Information in other languages page to download and order the factsheets and see the videos.
Seniors Rights Service
You can download or order fact sheets and brochures from the Seniors Rights Service. To order copies, email facilities@seniorsrightsservice.org.au.
Tool Kit books
Use these books from your Find Legal Answers Tool Kit in library displays:
- The law handbook
- Rest assured: a legal guide to wills, estates and funerals
- Dealing with debt: a legal guide to personal debt in NSW
- Speaking for myself: planning for later life decision-making
- Seniors guide to consumer rights in NSW
Promotional material
You can order promotional material items such as bookmarks, Find Legal Answers brochures and seniors promotional cards at any time using our online order form.
Reporting
Let us know about your Seniors Festival event via our online form.