Summary
This project was inspired by seniors who took part in our focus group in Year 2. In the report “An Assessment of Summerside’s Age-friendliness” seniors concluded that social inclusion and social participation were gaps in the City. Our project was designed to cultivate and promote an interest in relationship building across and within generations, while drawing seniors and youth into the process and welcoming them to participate. The youth and seniors were matched according to mutual interests (for example horsemanship, military life, medicine, veterinary medicine). The seniors and youth met over a period of a few months to share information on their topic of interest. This community building project culminated in a Wisdom and Experience Fair in which the participants shared what they learned with the public. Many valuable relationships between the generations were formed and we are happy to say that many have continued to this day.
Key facts
Main target group: Both younger and older people (i.e. intergenerational)
Sector(s): Education, Health, Information and communication
Desired outcome for older people:
Build and maintain relationships
- Ageism
- Healthy behaviours (e.g. physical activity)
- Intergenerational activities
- Inclusion
- Participation
- Technologies