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Old’Up intergenerational festival fosters civic engagement
On 3 February, ahead of the upcoming EU Day of solidarity between generations, our French member OLD’UP (OLD’UP’s group Europe and the World), organized in...
Best Friend Against Ageism provides learning material for intergenerational activities
Best Friends Against Ageism is an EU project aimed to address the isolation of older adults by developing an innovative curriculum for social care workers/volunteers...
An intergenerational fashion show to change the way we look at old age
In France, on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons on 1st October and the publication of its report on the emotional, intimate...
Spanish project combines music and intergenerational exchange for the well-being of older people with dementia
Music has extraordinary benefits for the emotional well-being of people, including people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. Relistening to songs that have been important throughout...
Intergenerational mobility device wins French age-friendly cities award
E-Hé has developped, with the support of the French city of Toulouse, an intergenerational multi-functional tool to facilitate mobility for all. The ambition behind this...
Learn with Grandma: teaching and learning across generations
Valerie Wood Gainger developed in Wales the project ‘Learn with Grandma‘ using technology to enhance intergenerational learning and interactions. The project shares inspiring stories about...
Interactive exhibition fosters artistic exchange between generations in Belgium
Le ‘Gang des Vieux en Colère’ (the ‘angry old people’s gang’) has entered a project that has been selected as part of the art project...
Young and older generations join forces to address COVID-19 crisis across Europe
The importance of intergenerational bonds may have never been more apparent than in this time of COVID-19 pandemic. While millions of people remain confined in...
Intergenerational mobilisation for climate in Brussels
photo from RTBF website – © M. Allot About a hundred grandparents, and a few younger ones, were demonstrating for the climate in the streets...
Portuguese Grandmas ‘come to work’ to have fun & bridge generations
‘Grandma Came To Work’ is both a design shop and a creative hub for 60+ women in Lisbon, Portugal. Participants are older women who create...
Intergenerational housing program in Portugal
Aconchego is a intergenerational housing program implemented in Porto, a small city in the North of Portugal, in 2004, in order to combat older people’s...
Labolobo, an intergenerational laboratory in Brussels
The non-profit association Labolobo is a set of social cohesion projects that aim to bring generations together in urban areas. It seeks to restore links...
Intergenerational care and nursery home in the UK
Nightingale House is an intergenerational care facility set up in September 2017 in Wandsworth, London (UK), which hosts a nursery and a care home on...
DUO for a JOB provides intergenerational career mentoring
‘When experience makes a difference’ DUO for a JOB brings together young jobseekers of migrant origin with persons aged 50 and over from the same...
Dutch collective ‘generation pact’ between older and younger workers
The Dutch unions FNV and CNV have concluded a collective agreement with the health care provider Fokus, which includes a ‘generation pact’ allowing for working...
The ‘Together Project’ promotes intergenerational exchanges in UK care homes
The Together Project is a UK program of intergenerational activities aimed to foster social inclusion and interactions in residential care homes. The project was founded...
Geekzie supports intergenerational links and digital inclusion in old age
Geekzie is a French startup created by a young business student to break digital divide in old age while promoting intergenerational interactions. It brings together...
Intergenerational senior residence in the Netherlands
In Deventer, in the Netherlands, the senior residence Humanitas provides free accommodation for students. In return they commit to spending at least 30 hours of...
Intergenerational car sharing in France
‘Génération mobilité’ brings together older people who no longer feel comfortable when driving their own car with young people who need a car for their...
‘Papy-foot’ – Intergenerational table football tournament in France
Prior to the Euro 2016 event a table football competition is being organised in retirement homes by the French association Tatane. The teams are made...
Intergenerational digital learning sessions in Italy
How can we simplify our lives thanks to new ICT technology? In a few Italian cities, the protagonists of “Grandparents On-line, Everyone’s Young at the...
New TOY project website promotes intergenerational initiatives between older people and young children
The Together Old and Young (TOY) project seized the occasion of the EU Day of Solidarity between Generations to launch it new website. TOY promotes...
Chess fosters healthy ageing and intergenerational links in Spain
For a several years, the Club Magic Extremadura in Spain has been running the “healthy Chess” programme, in six major centers of Extremadura, in cooperation...
Intergenerational summer camps in France
The French association Vittacolo organizes thematic camps for children and young people. Among the different holiday options proposed by the organisation, intergenerational summer camps welcome...
