Intergenerational learning Lorraine George Torbay Early Years Advisory Team

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3. growing awareness about the benefits of Intergenerational learning • TV – ‘Old Peoples Home for 4 yr. olds’ • Apples & Honey Nightingale, South London- first intergenerational co-located care provision in the U.K. • Published research • Encouragement from CQC & Ofsted • United for All Ages campaign for 500 centres for all ages by 2023 • The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) report ‘Healing the Generational Divide’ which advises: “All nurseries, schools and care homes should be encouraged to link up, and foster connections between, the different generations who use their services” • Intergenerational Care Project in Australia which analysed models from an economic perspective focusing not only on costs but also the impact upon staff retention

5. What’s happening in Torbay? • Visitation model - Childminders, Nurseries and Pre-Schools are now visiting over fifteen care homes across the bay on a regular sustainable basis, to engage in craft activities, gardening, shared reading etcwith the residents • The development of a specific intergenerational space in the Warberries Care Home Torquay through partnership working. This space will enable childminders and their minded children to interact with the residents on a daily basis enabling them to build friendships and learn together. Opening this month, this will be the first intergenerationalco-located space using Childminders in the U.K. and offers a strong more accessible model to onsite nurseries • The development of an Torbay Intergenerational Network to raise awareness and share best practice

7. What’s stopping You? • Do your research, find out how intergenerational practice impacts positively upon older adults? • Don’t reinvent the wheel - link with a setting near you that is already working intergenerationally and find out how they went about it and, if there were any, what barriers did they overcome? • Discuss developing an intergenerational programme with your staff, residents and their families to explore any queries they may have • Find early years settings or school partners in your community who are equally passionate about developing an intergenerational approach • Speak to your CQC Support • Consider creating an ‘Activities’ job post, this will add to the sustainability of your programme • Develop a programme that suits your setting even if its different to everyone else

8. Lastly… Intergenerational learning should be seen not as something that is ‘nice to do’ BUT as something that is ‘wise to do.’ Not everyone that is a teacher looks like a teacher.

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