Simple Changes #47
Explore opportunities for intergenerational activities
Problem
Intergenerational activities connect different generations, and can build active communities, promote citizenship, share skills and experience, reduce levels of crime and fear of crime through greater understanding , create positive relationships and higher levels of trust. All of these can contribute to the development of more cohesive communities.
Simple Change
Public bodies can help by creating conditions where it is easier for older and young people to come together at community events, grow and cook food together, swap skills, sing together in intergenerational choirs and lots more. There are particular opportunities to enable this to happen by building stronger relationships between schools and places where older people live and meet.
Case Study
Who is doing this?
Case Study
Friend of mine
There are several successful intergenerational projects making a difference to people’s lives across Wales. In Gwent, the Ffrind i mi (or Friend of mine) initiative, run by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and other partners, who have developed projects to help people who feel lonely or isolated to reconnect with their communities using intergenerational projects. In Brecon, the community group that helped the town become a Dementia friendly community also run a continued intergenerational project between Llanfaes CP School and Bupa Trenewydd care home. This partnership has been successfully running for around 2 years.
Intergenerational Activities
Projects to help people who feel lonely or isolated to reconnect with their communities
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