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A partnership of trust: young offenders supporting older people in care settings
— an example of social inclusion through intergenerational practice | | Author(s) | Gillian Granville, John Laidlaw |
| Corporate Author | Beth Johnson Foundation |
| Publisher | Beth Johnson Foundation, Stoke on Trent, 2000 |
| Pages | 42 pp |
| Source | Beth Johnson Foundation, Parkfield House, 64 Princes Road, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent ST4 7JL. |
| Keywords | Young people ; Prisoners ; Voluntary workers ; Older people ; Social interaction ; Integration ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Case studies. |
| Annotation | This report presents an in-depth case study of a local pre-release community service volunteer scheme operating at Onley Young Offenders Institution in Warwickshire, working with two day care services to older people: the Bungalow Day Centre, a service provided by Rugby Mind; and the Hoskyn Centre for the Disabled. Among the outcomes is that the intergenerational model, which enables the ability of young offenders to support each other, enhances their ability to raise their self-esteem and self-worth. This in turn can make them less vulnerable to re-conviction. Equally, it is possible to reduce the exclusion of older people - particularly those with physical frailty or with dementia - from mainstream social networks through creative links with the younger generation. Intergenerational programmes are able to reduce negative stereotyping and discrimination, and to develop a greater sense of social cohesiveness. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001128004 B |
| Classmark | SB: TGF: QV: B: TMA: TO: TOB: 69P |
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