14th February 2020: A Valentine’s day thought…

I am often asked why bringing early years children in to residential care is so important and my reply is always, ‘so that the children can play with their friends’. Let me share a conversation that I overheard yesterday at Warberries Care home as young children were eating lunch with the residents… A four years […]

19th January 2020: Publication of new intergenerational activities book

Happy new year! 2020 is going to be an exciting year in the world of intergenerational learning as this approach continues to develop and grow in the UK. Firstly let me share some exciting news and please excuse the self-promotion. In 2019 I was commissioned by Yellow Door (an online early years resources company) to write […]

31st October 2019:The launch of a new co-located intergenerational model

We seem to have been on this journey in Torbay for a long time, but at last I can finally announce the official launch date of the Warberries Nursing Home intergenerational programme. Unlike intergenerational visitation models where early years providers visit a care home for a short period of time on a weekly basis, Warberries […]

22nd July 2019: Intergenerational Sports Day at Bethesda Care Home

Intergenerational Sports Day at Bethesda Care Home A fun packed day intergenerational sports day recently took place with early years children, looked after by local childminders, and residents of the Bethesda Care Home in Torquay. Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, Cllr Cordelia Law, said: “This was a great day and is a great example of […]

3rd July 2019 :Intergenerational updates

I truly have no idea where this year has gone and can’t believe that we are now in July. I thought it might be useful to use this half year point to share some intergenerational updates with everyone. Firstly, I want to take the opportunity to promote the online intergenerational course that is now available with […]

19th May:Social Integration APPG launches ‘Healing the Generational Divide’ report

This week saw the release of a much awaited document created by the APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) in response to their call for evidence upon the importance of social integration in the UK. The report can be found here The report focuses on four main policy areas through which stronger intergenerational connections can be […]

4th April: The Living Home Orchestra

The Living Home Orchestra project at Mount Tryon has now sadly come to an end after six weeks. It has been a lovely project to be part of, particularly in watching the children grow in confidence in the relationships that they are building with the older adults around them. It’s important to recognise that […]

6th March: Generations Working Together National Conference

I took some annual leave this week to enable me to travel to Glasgow and attend the Generations Working Together (GWT) National Conference to hear about the great intergenerational work that is going on in Scotland. GWT provides information, delivers support and encourages involvement to benefit all of Scotland’s generations, by working, learning, volunteering and […]

20th February: The Living Home Orchestra

We have been determined since we delivered the intergenerational ‘Making Bridges with Music’ project in 2017 that we would continue to bring early years children with their Childminders in to Care Home to engage in activities with the residents, particularly around music. ‘Making Bridges’ was an incredible project primarily because of the joy that came […]

8th January 2019: A good start to the new year

Today, United for All Ages have released their latest report namely, ‘The next generation:how intergenerational interaction improves life chances for children and young people’. It explores how bringing young and older people together can help tackle some of the big social ills facing the next generation – from poor health, anxiety and loneliness to educational […]