Events & Training
Intergenerational Training For Trainers and Practitioners (Scottish Borders)
Thursday 26th Sep 2019 at Berwickshire Association for Voluntary Services (BAVS), 55 Newtown Street, Duns, TD11 3AU (£75 Full / £50 Concession)
Intergenerational Training For Trainers and Practitioners (Western Isles)
Tuesday 5th Nov 2019 at Bridge Community Centre, Embankment Bayhead, Stornoway, HS1 2DU.
International Certificate in Intergenerational Learning (7 week online course)
Tuesday 5th Nov 2019
Intergenerational Training for Trainers and Practitioners (Highlands)
Thursday 7th Nov 2019 at The Hive, 19 Academy Street, Inverness, IV1 1JN
Intergenerational Training For Trainers and Practitioners (East Lothian)
Tuesday 12th Nov 2019 at Dunbar Grammar School, Summerfield Rd, Dunbar EH42 1NJ (£75 Full / £50 Concession)
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Latest News
Women to take part in important research...
Royal Society for the Support of Women is looking for women approaching the age of 50 or over who are or have become single and experience financial hardship.
Can intergenerational relationships be useful at end of life?
GWT would like to hear from individuals and organisations who have undertaken intergenerational activities connecting younger people with older people at the end of life.
Scottish Older People's Assembly is this October
Register now for the 5th of October, 10 am - 3.30pm event.
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Popular Resources
A Fairer Scotland for Older People: framework for action
As part of the research, we have undertaken interviews throughout Scotland with older people who have been part of intergenerational projects in 2018/19.
Care Inspectorate - Intergenerational Publication
Intergenerational practice is not a new concept.
Co-housing: Future Homes for Older Scots
An assessment of what needs to be done to advance co-housing as a realistic housing option for more older people in Scotland, and why we should do it.
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Case Studies
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Befriending Caithness intergenerational link
Approached by the local hospital and care home, Befriending Caithness was asked if they could fill the gap that currently exists within the community. More and more older people are being kept in hospital or a care home, and whilst in residence their relatives find it difficult to visit due to lack of transport, mobility or their own ill health. The longer the elderly person stays in the hospital the more isolated and lonely they become.
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Old’s Cool
It was important to run this project due to the high number of young people leaving school in the local Leith area without a positive destination in employment, education or training. Tensions in the local community between both young and older people encouraged us to take an intergenerational approach.
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Baby and toddler group
Through this project Apples and Honey Nursery hoped to connect younger and older people together. It aimed to bring together communities, to tackle loneliness and to create friendships. This case study is being worked on at present.
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