Intergenerational Writing

This resource supports teachers and pupils to build relationships with older people in the community by interviewing them about their lives, and using these interviews as inspiration for creative writing. Generations Working Together suggest that the resource can be adapted by other projects in the community and is a useful for anyone interested in intergenerational writing.

Activities in this resource include:

Tips for finding partners for an intergenerational project
Guidelines on how to run a project, including recording and icebreaker activities
Ideas for sharing stories from the project

Download the resource at The Scottish Book Trust