Publications

This publication describes the Intergenerational Forums model. This approach aims to help participating communities to develop a deeper understanding of intergenerational practice, generate intergenerational strategies for addressing local needs, and consequently start a process in which local organisations work together to develop and implement programme plans. To determine if this model addresses these goals, Forums … Read more

This guide focuses on one area of intergenerational work, namely ‘mentoring’. Mentoring has become a widely used term over the last decade with almost two thirds of the Scottish adult population now reporting having heard the term at work or in the media and feeling that they have an understanding of what it means. » … Read more

This guide has been developed as a practical support for people involved in intergenerational projects. Our aim is to make evaluation resources more readily available to people and to help them see that good evaluation is about planning and thinking about why they are undertaking a project and what difference this will make. » Download … Read more

“In recent years we have enjoyed an increasingly close working partnership with colleagues in Spain collaborating together to share understanding and learning about intergenerational practice. Building the evidence base on understanding the impact and effectiveness of intergenerational programmes is fundamental to the future of this work. We welcome the generosity of our Spanish partners in … Read more

The purpose of this guide, and associated resources, is to provide local authorities with a framework that clearly contextualises intergenerational practice (IP) in terms of both national and local government priorities and policies. In particular, the framework establishes the relationship between IP and the national indicator (NI) targets available to local authorities for inclusion in … Read more