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 older persons willing to know how to use a computer, tablet or smartphone and young students who wish to do small jobs alongside their studies. What makes Geekzie services innovating […]
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 their time every month with their older co-residents. This win-win solution enables, on the one hand, students to access accommodation in a country where rents are very high and, on […]
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 professional activities. The idea of the initiative is that the young person drives the senior whereever he wants and in return the senior lends his car to the young driver […]
‘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 up of one senior and one young person. The objective is to create intergeneration interactions around a very popular sport and event and bring on board people who tend to […]
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 Post Office” explain it to senior citizens who wish to discover who to use public administration services that are available via computers, tablets and smartphones. The project is based on […]
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 bringing young children and older people together in providing news, resources and information on innovative intergenerational initiatives involving young children and older adults worldwide. It also offers an opportunity to […]
‘Les Talents d’Alphonse’: a French online platform to support skill transmission between young and older
‘Les Talents d’Alphonse’ is the name of a online platform launched by two young French engineers to make use of seniors’ experience while promoting social interactions between the young and older generations. What if the concept? Many seniors know how to cook, sew, knit and repair, while many young people can’t do it anymore. The […]
Cycling Without Age
There is no age limit to cycle, even if some help may be useful. Developing the intergenerational potential of cycling is precisely the objective of “Cycling Without Age”, which proposes rickshaw rides for older people across 23 countries worldwide. Started in 2012 by a Dane who offered free bike rides to the local nursing home […]
Graffiti workshops for seniors in Lisbon
Founded by Lara Seixo Rodrigues, a street artist from eastern Portugal, LATA 65 (lata means “can” in Portuguese) is an urban art workshop that teaches the basics of street art to seniors in various neighbourhoods around the city of Lisbon, Portugal. LATA 65 aims at destroying age stereotypes, bringing art closer to the communities and […]
‘Mamie Régale’ : Pensioners cooking for employees in France
This concept, initiated in Toulouse, offers catering services to employees of local companies. It aims to combat the isolation of seniors while providing them with a complement of income. ‘Mamie Régale’ (‘Granny’s treat’) relies on pensioners with a passion for cooking, who prepare home-made meals for employees in local enterprises. They can cook at home […]
Grandparents join forces for a greener and united world
This citizens’ initiative has been created in Southern Belgium by a group of environmentally conscious grand-parents concerned with leaving a habitable world, based on solidarity and unspoilt nature. They organize a wide range of activities: introduction to ecology, collective gardens, pupils’ homework support, school orchestra, etc. All persons interested are invited to join and subscribe […]
‘Experiences for Life’ brings together students and older persons with dementia in Spain
The programme “Experiences for Life” run by the Spanish organisation SEPAD – a service created by the Government of Extremadura to prevent and address dependency – aims to facilitate ‘intergenerational therapy’ exchanges between young students and older residents in care centers, with a focus on residents suffering from dementia, especially Alzheimer’s. Based on the conviction […]
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 with the Extremadura Promotion Service Autonomy and Dependency Care EPAD. Chess playing sessions tailored to seniors are organised on a weekly basis, together with exhibitions and intergenerational chess matches between […]
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 children and their grand-parents, enabling both generations to have fun together and strengthen their links. A large variety of intergenerational activities are offered: cooking, playing, building log cabins, performing, etc. […]
Street art knits generations in Belgium
Inspired by the US and UK ‘Yarn Bombing‘ movement (or the art of enhancing a public place or object with graffiti knitting – “Tricot Urbain” in French), intergenerational city knitting initiatives were organised throughout Belgium during the winter 2014-2015. Watch a video here (in French) AGE member organisation Atoutages, which organizes knitting classes for all […]
‘The Age of No Retirement?’ promotes age-positive social change in the UK
‘The Age of No Retirement?’ – ‘A national debate about the opportunities in a society where we live longer’ – is a collaborative movement for age-positive social change in the United Kingdom, which was launched in London in October 2013. It brings together employers, policy makers, innovators, designers, academics and citizens of all ages willing […]
‘Eng Hand fir di Krank’: volunteering initiative to combat older people’s isolation in Luxemburg
The ‘Eng Hand fir di Krank’ project was launched in 2005 by the local Red Cross in order to challenge older people’s social exclusion and isolation, which concerns a quarter of the Luxembourgian population aged 75 and more. The concept is to train volunteers, who will afterwards spend some time, i.e. a few hours a […]
‘We Love Eating’ promotes healthy eating and lifestyles accross generations
The EU-funded projet ‘We Love Eating’, coordinated by P.A.U. Education, seeks to promote healthy eating and lifestyles while fostering intergenerational exchanges. The philosophy behind that project goes beyond the issue of food quality to encomprass wider social aspects such as shopping, cooking and eating together. The aim is to identify good practices that can be […]
