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At InCommon, we bring generations together.

Since 2018, we’ve done that by taking primary school children into

local retirement homes to learn from and build friendships with

their older neighbours. Our workshops aim to build meaningful

connections and strengthen a sense of local community.

In February 2020, as Coronavirus spread, we paused all of our

face-to-face sessions. But we were reluctant to put an end to

some of the friendships that had been forming between young

and old during our programmes. When the UK lockdown was
announced, we knew that staying connected across generations

would be more important than ever.

So, in April, we launched InCommon Buddies, a project that

enables children and older people to share joyful moments
together from a distance. Each week, we’ve released a new set

of Buddies activities designed for phone and video calls. These

activities promote intergenerational learning, allowing children

and older people to teach one another about their experiences of

the world, while bringing some much needed joy and laughter
along the way.

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