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Intergenerational project:
TAKES OFF IN NORTH HERTS
Intergenerational projects are springing up across the country and the good news is that everyone benefits when young and old get together for fun and learning! The benefits are wide ranging, whether it be learning new skills, helping to alleviate fears children may have of the elderly and helping them understand ageing, as well as being invigorating and energising for older adults, reducing their likelihood of depression and isolation; helping keep family stories and history alive, aiding in cognitive stimulation and broadening social circles. NHDC’s Community Health and Wellbeing Team Leader, Helen Rae, was inspired by the ground-breaking Channel 4 TV series ‘Old People’s Home for 4 year Olds at Christmas’, which saw a nursery group share a classroom with older people in a retirement home in Bristol, and thought it would be a fantastic project to run in North Herts. When the
NH Now Winter 2020
