Celebrating Age Grants Scheme 2016

#MakeTheLink Campaign 2016

We also used the EU Day of Solidarity between Generations to launch our ongoing campaign to encourage communities to #MakeTheLink between Generations and connect intergenerational practice with building age-friendly communities.

Linking Generations Northern Ireland’s vision is that Northern Ireland will be ‘age-friendly’ and generations will work together to build communities for all ages. We believe that bringing generations together is a catalyst for positive social change. Our experience has taught us that intergenerational practice promotes better understanding and respect between young and old, creates opportunities to share skills, is inspirational and addresses shared problems. It is also great fun!

To celebrate EU Day of Solidarity between Generations on 29th April 2016 we asked people to #MakeTheLink between generations: helping us spread awareness of the benefits of all ages working together and support the building of age-friendly communities in NI.

Thanks to all our supporters we were able to launch a ‘Thunderclap’ on social media with over 100 people sharing our message of solidarity between generations and taking the message out to politicians, decision makers and community groups that intergenerational practice is a great way to build stronger, happier and more connected communities.

Our #MakeTheLink campaign is ongoing so click below to find out how you can get involved