054 Chapter 5 Impact of the age awareness workshop Figure 14. FSA items with the most notable changes in perception ‘There should be special clubs set aside within sports facilities so that old people can compete at their own level’ 06 Pre-workshop 28% 72% Follow-up 55% 45% ‘Many old people are not interested in making new friends preferring instead the circle of friends they have had for years’ Pre-workshop 79% 21% Follow-up 6% 94% Agreed Disagreed In the pre-workshop survey, most respondents (72%) agreed or strongly agreed there should be special clubs set aside for older adults within sports facilities. At follow-up, a smaller percentage of respondents (55%) supported this idea. Although this statement is intended to assess discriminatory attitudes against older adults, it likely also captures benevolent attitudes – particularly relating to overprotective and paternalistic treatment of older adults. Another statement that showed considerable change was, ‘Many old people are not interested in making new friends preferring instead the circle of friends they have had for years’, which measures prejudice against older adults. Prior to the workshop, about one in five respondents (21%) agreed or strongly agreed with this statement, whereas only 6% of the respondents accepted this view at follow‑up. These results indicate a reduction in discriminatory attitudes and prejudice against older adults following the workshop. (c) 12-Item Expectations Regarding Ageing Scale Comparisons of the average scores from pre-workshop and post-workshop surveys found that respondents’ attitudes regarding ageing became more positive upon completion of the workshop and remained as positive at follow-up, 2–3 months later.