Grandparents Day celebrates the many roles that grandparents and older people play in the Northern Territory – both the things they have done, and the things they keep doing for friends, family and community.

NT Grandparents Day is held every year on the last Sunday in October.

Visit the NT Grandparents Day website for free Community Resources including:

1 Help and Support

Links to help and support offered by government, service providers and not-for-profit agencies in the Northern Territory for grandparents and older kin (more).

2 Help to Host a Grandparents Day Event

If you want to host an event or activity for Grandparents Day within your family, school, community or business, download the free Community Resource Kit which includes useful promotional materials and event planning tools (more).

3 Promote and Support Grandparents Day

If you wish to promote and support Grandparents Day, download the free Community Resource Kit for posters, email signature and social media post and banner artwork tiles (more).

4 Use a Free Event Calendar

You can add your event or activity to our community event calendar and use the link to tell everyone about your event.

5 Gallery

If you would like to use photos from our Gallery to help promote Grandparents Day, please contact us. All photographs are supplied with permission and are provided by members of the community.

Please view the COTA NT events calendar for further details of events that COTA is organising for Grandparents Day.