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SKY 5 - Intergenerational Communities
Chair: David Williams, CEO, St. Monica Trust
Stephen Burke, Director, United for All Ages
United for All Ages
Dr. Melrose Stewart, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham
Old Peoples Home for 4 Year Olds
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3. The UK’s first care-home nursery

4. The sky’s the limit – the amazing growth of intergenerational action
Stephen Burke
Director, United for All Ages, and
April 2018

8. Why co-located care? Age segregation or ‘age apartheid’ in the UK
Lack of connection = lack of trust, stereotypes, loneliness, exclusion, ageism = division
Co-located care brings generations together, building mutual relationships
Improving quality of life for young and old
Improving quality of care and learning
Benefits for families, staff, communities
Benefits for providers of care/childcare

9. A sliding scale of interaction
Occasional visits by nurseries to care homes
Regular/weekly visits by nurseries, childminders and parent and toddler groups
Adjacent care and childcare providers
Co-located sites without daily interaction
Fully integrated co-located care with daily joint activities, planned and spontaneous
Our ambition: 500 shared sites by 2022 (including other models of shared sites)

10. Intergenerational learning
Schools and care homes eg dementia awareness with Anchor
Schools hosting daycare for older people eg Downshall primary school
Older volunteers in schools eg Oxfordshire
Care/childcare students eg Activate Learning
Student hubs taking action in seven cities
Workplaces for all ages – lifelong learning, mentoring, advocacy and flexibility

11. Intergenerational housing
Older people’s sheltered housing flats let to postgraduate students in return for companionship/support eg Cambridge
Multigenerational households: Homeshare, Shared Lives schemes, downsizing options
New buy to rent schemes – from retirement living to intergenerational housing
Social infrastructure and public spaces
From architects to planners and developers

12. Intergenerational communities
Beyond housing: from village halls to community hubs, pubs and businesses – Power to Change
Making better use of community facilities – libraries, children’s centres, leisure centres
Social and physical infrastructure, transport
Football clubs and ballet/dance companies
Shared sites to shared interests and living

13. Next steps towards 500 Grow the Shared Sites Network
Build buy-in from national/local stakeholders – government, MPs, councils, regulators, planners, umbrella organisations
Work with providers on scaling up
Sell to capital/social impact funders
Maintain media coverage and public interest
Share lessons of successes/evaluation in UK and elsewhere – events, reports, media

14. The UK’s first primary school with an eldercare day centre

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