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| Understanding the experience of older volunteers in intergenerational school-based projects | | Author(s) | Gillian Granville |
| Corporate Author | Beth Johnson Foundation |
| Publisher | Beth Johnson Foundation, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, 2000 |
| Pages | 39 pp |
| Source | The Beth Johnson Foundation, Parkfield House, 64 Princes Road, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, ST4 7JL. |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Voluntary workers ; Social interaction ; Schools. |
| Annotation | Recent developments in public policy have acknowledged the value of volunteering and community involvement in creating more cohesive communities. This report considers ways in which involving older people in intergenerational projects can be a means of developing active communities and of tackling social exclusion. The report examines: the benefits to older people's health and well-being of being involved in volunteering that supports young people; the impact of such schemes in creating positive images of older people; and the wider benefits of intergenerational-linked volunteering. It gives an overview of the literature on older volunteers; and draws on links with policy debates on social exclusion and active community involvement. Research is based on the views of a group of older volunteers involved in three intergenerational school-based projects in England. The importance of men in young people's lives was emphasised, and the need to involve them in more intergenerational work. While intergenerational approaches contribute positively to the life experiences of all participants, the effects of an ageist society that does not value its older people was evident. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000608003 B |
| Classmark | GHH: QV: TMA: V3 |
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