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WELCOME to East Lothian Intergenerational Network
Interested in finding out even more?
UK plus Australia, Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Japan, Canada and more.....are all included below as a sample of projects and places to include in your IG learning journey.
Scotland
Annual Conference - March
Global Intergenerational Week - April
Practice & Lead organisation for Global Intergenerational Week.
Practice & Lead organisation for Global Intergenerational Week.
- Scotland's Centre of Excellence (Intergenerational Work)
- Scotland's Centre of Excellence (Intergenerational Work)
Our home organisation (charity) which is free for everyone residing / working in Scotland and all students worldwide. GWT works with other partner orgs and continues to develop local networks, research links, partnerships and lead on development work in Scotland.
Intergenerational Network - info hosted through Outside The Box
Eden Project Communities Scotland.
Eden Community Camps - immersive experience with training and networking to develop your community-connecting ideas
Food for Life Get Togethers Bringing people together through food.
The Soil Association Scotland from field to fork with sustainability
Community Development support across Scotland.
The Place Standard tool tackles inequalities - supports finding those aspects of a place that need to be targeted to improve people's health, wellbeing and quality of life.
Tackling ageism and being proactive in IG work is supported through learning from rights-based organisations such as CP and Together Alliance
Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)
IG work is supported through respecting the rights of all, alongside inclusion, co-design, collaboration and shared focus, such as "The Rights Detectives".
The Crichton Trust planning intergenerationally
Intergenerational Housing and Age Friendly Places nr Dumfries.
Loreburn, Intergenerational construction. Stranraer
Dementia Friendly housing and employment hub developed side by side.
The Next Generation Game - intergenerational play partnership between Dramarama (for 50+ "Young at Heart") Primary school P7, Brunton Arts & Entertainment Service & Charades Theatre Co.
An intergenerational extravaganza inspired by favourite game shows, past and present. From Pointless to Would I Lie To You; Family Fortunes to The Generation Game itself. Expect cheesy jingles, catchy songs, general generational knowledge and muddling memory tests.
Sporting Memories groups
Reminiscence groups can be enhanced through IG working. Including younger and older people to develop positive relationships through a common interest.
EADDAT University of Stirling Tool to help design dementia friendly buildings
Towards A Good Life Toolkit. - to evaluate local places and see where useful improvements can be made - easy to use inter-generationally.
Rights Made Real in Care Homes
Resources from Rights Made Real Hub, Learning Page can be found here.
Kinections Resources - ideal for Intergenerational approaches - designed to build community in care homes. (Complementary resources on GWT website).
- ideal for Intergenerational approaches - designed to build community in care homes. (Complementary resources on GWT website).
Ireland
This site is host for everything hosted in Ireland for Global IG Week through Dublin City University.
Age Action - Age Equality
Challenging ageism and preventing Elder Abuse through IG approaches and education.
Together Old and Young to bring communities together - in Ireland, but sharing resources generously.
England
Beth Johnson Foundation - key definition of IG practice.
Supporting schools and communities.
InCommon, Bringing Generations Together
Ageing Well is a proactive organisation thinking about all our futures.
Ageing: New Perspectives competition
Ageing well have partnered with Alamy to create more positive Age-positive photographs through competition.
My home life England - and intergenerational working
Prioritising Wellbeing - Intergenerational Working
Care Home FaNs - friends and neighbours intergenerational resources
Linking Network, NAPA and My home life England have all contributed to FaNs
Ready Generations a charity with the passion and energy to encourage connections between people of all ages
Silver Stories communicating across the generations
Magic Me Arts based bringing older and younger people together
Wales & United Kingdom
Age-positive image library and resource guide from Ageing Well.
Reengage volunteers run face-to-face and telephone befriending for older people in our communities including Rainbow Calls project.
Eden Community Camps - immersive experience with training and networking to develop your community-connecting ideas
Food for Life Get Togethers Bringing people together through food.
The Soil Association from field to fork with sustainability
Dance and Drama / Creative Programmes
Intergenerational dance & more
Intergenerational dance projects
Hearts & Minds - professional and therapeutic clowning.
Dementia Friendly and experience-led programmes are embedded in a Rights Based approach and so are a wonderful foundation for also building intergenerational approaches, adapted or expanded as required. Here are some UK intiatives and charities.
Deepness Dementia
Deepness Dementia
This is a fantastic example of asset based working, from grassroots level and by those who have real experience in living well with dementia.
This includes running a radio station that is reaching more and more listeners, who relate to those running this station, encourages others to live well with dementia also and helps to break stereotypes and stigma. Take a look to see so much more, where technology and variety of skills / experiences are embraced.
Supporting people to learn about dementia and be enabled to better support those living with dementia in their communities.
North America
Intergenerational Network
Formerly a programme of Encore.org and now an indendent volunteer lead org based on intergenerational working in Colorado, Denver USA.
Maryland USA hosts this African culture storytelling intergenerational program.
Japan & Australia
Intergenerational Theatre in Japan (and other use of arts based approaches.)
Intergenerational Pursuits in Japan (report / review)
Australian Institute for Intergernational Practice
Heart and Soul Sharing Stories programme, Australia
Intergenerational Housing Programmes around the globe
There are lots of fantastic shared home / accomodation initiatives so we are sharing a few here, ranging from purpose built shared housing and private homes to sharing residential / care homes.
Included below, links to Scottish report from Housing Lin and We Share We Care, Spanish initiative - Alicante Municipal Housing, which has been mirrored in other areas of Spain, Netherlands IG Senior Housing programme matching students and care homes, Wohnen Für Hilfe - an Austrian programme matching students with private house owners and Home Share International. Expand the links to see more.
Scottish shared places report for Architecture & Design.
We Share We Care - report on various intergenerational shared housing initiatives.
Municipal Housing in Alicante (& other locations, Spain).
Netherlands - Intergenerational Approaches & EY
Netherlands Intergenerational Senior Housing
Austria: A programme where students rent rooms from older house owners for low rate in return for help and companionship.
The Creative Arts & Exercise / Sports
Creative, arts-based activities are known to be important for all of us on every level. Actively engaging in all forms of the arts are linked strongly to our need to play - with us engaged both physically and mentally (cognitively), but with added impact of creativity and feelings sparked through the activities and our engagement on many levels. We learn about culture, share community links and customs, connect to past and future, learn new information and develop skills through the many connections afforded through a diverse range of activities. Sport and exercise also can have very positive impacts and be excellent activities to share across different generations.
Mixed teams of various generations participate, regardless age, fitness level and abilities. The event is about generations sharing an learning from each other. Lifetime experience and fresh ideas connecting. And it’s about enjoying sport at any age!
Playlist for Life was created to use with those living with dementia / memory loss. It is a musical approach to recognising key moments in our lives and what music marks these. It's a wonderful way to communicate and share stories / get to know each other through spending time recording, playing, singing and listening to songs and stories together.
Just like music, dance also marks generations, times and trends.
Enjoy discovering styles, memories and have fun together - dance is good for every age group and is an optimal activity for health, wellbeing, learning and connection.
Intergenerational Arts based programmes.
By developing these activities in an intergenerational and inclusive way we can extend the positive impacts, not only for individuals, but also for the group / setting / community.
Intergenerational spaces, places and housing requires all ages to be considered, connected, consulted and engaged to co-design.
The Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) is a UNICEF-led initiative that supports municipal governments in realizing the rights of children at the local level using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as its foundation.
"It is said that getting a children right for children, will get it right for all."
Podcasts / Recordings
Only Connect! Conference - IG Research
Village in the City Podcasts - an #ABCD approach to building communities
Bet on Yourself Podcasts - Intergenerational conversations on climate.
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