Australian Institute for Intergenerational Practice

Over four Tuesdays throughout the school term period, six Year 10 Emmanuel College students, with accompanying teachers, visited Seachange Emerald Lakes Aged Care home  to interview three Seachange Emerald Lakes Senior residents in pairs.

Our member Rose Connors Dance Coordinates a wonderful project which is gaining traction and lots of media attention nationwide. The Centenarian Portrait Project celebrates intergenerational relationships with our oldest generation. The Centenarian Portrait Project by Teenagers is a community arts project that promotes intergenerational friendships, celebrates life at 100 (in all its forms) and fights the

Stories are central to human connection, communication and cognition. They are integral to our culture and identity and enable us to learn, celebrate, heal and remember. They link us together with others and with things that are important to us.

Almost 250 people assembled on the Gold Coast on 24 June to attend the Mayoral Intergenerational Forum. Eva Milic from Channel 9 Gold Coast News was the MC for the day, introducing a great line up of speakers.  Mayor Tom Tate kicked off the forum with a heart-warming speech about the benefits of intergenerational practice