+Network Meeting

Date: 9/11/16 Gairloch

In attendance:Susan MacLean- WHC & youth Club The Den, Iona Finlayson –Adult Learning Coordinator-Highland Literacies, Paul Burden -Highlife Highland, Jenny Grant-Highland Council – Countryside Ranger

Apologies:

Gill Smyth- SDS, Liz MacDonald-ScHealth Council, Mr J Port – Headteacher, Mrs H Peat – Drama Instructor, Primary & Highschool Fiona Downing.

GWT national update:

  • our next national conference taking place on Wednesday 8th March 2017, Stirling Court Hotel – University of Stirling, Stirling. Proposals should meet the aims of the conference to share good practice, learn from each other, network, create new ideas for future intergenerational work and demonstrate how to successfully embed and sustain this work.

Contributions can come in different forms however we ask that they fit with one of the following themes:

•case studies – showing how intergenerational approaches benefit young & old

•Introducing new ideas (we would especially like to hear from LGBT, disability and ethnic groups)

•Embedding intergenerational practice within policy and organisational outcomes

•Demonstrating how intergenerational work has been included in training opportunities Illustrating how you are sustaining intergenerational work

  • Share your images with GWT

GWT is looking for high quality photographs for new promotional materials. If you are happy to share your images from your intergenerational project showing younger and older people working together please email copies to

  • Accelerating Ideas Project - Big Lottery (stage 2 submitted) will hear on the 7th of December

GWT has successfully recruited two schools in both Glasgow and Perth & Kinross to take part in the Age Friendly School part of the project. There will be opportunities within this project later on for Fife.

  • Intergenerational training Course for Practitioners and Trainers - new dates now online

, Orkney & Shetland 8 & 10th Nov, 21st Nov Inverness, 13th Feb Ayr and 23rd March Edinburgh – cost £35.00 (includes CPD accreditation)

Funding

  • Cycling UK is looking for local community groups and organisations to deliver some fun, interesting and meaningful events to promote cycling as a daily or frequent journey change for both work and pleasure with the aim to promote health and wellbeing. Up to £2,000 funding available for community groups to encourage and promote everyday cycling through Cycling UK’s Big Bike Revival Initiative, taking place from 19thSept to 31stOctober. Cycling UK is aiming to help all areas of local communities gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to cycle more. If you are interested please . and I can help you get a grant application in, turn around for funding is only a few days.

The Climate Challenge Fund is OPEN for applications.

Climate Challenge Fund and Young People

You can find out more about previous and current climate action projects, led-by and involving young people through the videos at

Climate Challenge Fund 2017/18

  • In 2017/18 the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) will focus on funding projects which deliver the greatest reduction in carbon emissions and support Scotland’s most deprived communities, with grants up to £150,000 per project available.
  • Keep Scotland Beautiful manages the CCF on behalf of the Scottish Government and encourages community-led organisations interested in applying for grants to check the criteria, application process and upcoming application deadlines.
  • For new applicants the deadline for the first stage of the application process, an Expression of Interest, is 28 October 2016.

Report - A Plan for Scotland – Putting People in charge and creating opportunities

The Scottish Government have announced in the above report that they will develop a National Social Isolation Strategy to ensure a holistic approach across government to problems of loneliness and isolation.

(see page 76)

Tools to measure loneliness - The organisation ‘Campaign to end Loneliness’ has produced a resource called ‘Measuring your impact on loneliness in later life”. Download the resource here:

Road Safety Scotland, the government funded body responsible for the development of road safety education and publicity initiatives in Scotland, is funding Baldy Bane Theatre Company to tour a road safety resource for the community.

The stage play Better Late Than Dead on Time is designed for performance to all generations within communities and covers many issues such as the various hazards to drivers and pedestrians; young drivers, includingproblems of teenage drinking; parents parking too close to school gates; reaction times of older drivers; inappropriate speed.

All topics are dealt with sensitively and are primarily presented in a humorous but realistic way to focus awareness and discussion in the audiences. If considered appropriate, there is the opportunity for an interactive post-show session, which takes the form of an enjoyable question and answer follow-up to the play.

Baldy Bane is due to tour this new drama all over Scotland for a 5 week period from 27th February until 31st March 2017. It is hoped that a wide variety of groups will take up the offer to host the production in their local community venue

We’re Here Toobrings together people who want to see more opportunities for older people who need more support, so they can participate in the issues and activities that interest them. This year we will be having discussions around 3 themes at our events:

1. Building stronger links between people living in care homes and other supported settings and people in their local communities

2. Keeping active

3. What works for older people in BME communities.

Young Start success £40 040. Dingwall Drop-In Youth Kafe will use the grant to continue their drop-in Youth Kafe facility for a further 2 years. The project is based in Dingwall and will benefit 150 Young People over the course of the grant.

Sharing and networking –

Paul Burden, lots of citizenship done within the Curriculum within local high schools, but time restraints to develop IG projects are having an impact on organising any Intergenerational work.

UK Man and the Biosphere Co mmittee – needs a follow up, discussion about poss IG project could be developed.

Jenny Grant

New to the post, in this area. is glad of the opportunity for networking.

Has a project using arts, adolescents and adults, which has not been label as intergenerational but it really is.

Jenny want to open up the outdoors into an IG project and has offered to work with a couple of members to engage with IG work.

Iona Finlayson

IG ideas need to be easy to deliver because of time and cost restraints – the idea:

Take a photo around your local area – and write about it why you chose it. Although this was going to be for young people, it may possibly be opened up to become an IG project. Then also deliver an art Expedition.

Balanator has a poly tunnel, and want to develop an IG grow things and eat thing together.

Adult achievement awards will be linked to the above projects and can be done as a reflective award.

Susan MacLean WHC, UHI

Works in partnership with high schools delivering curriculum were there are gaps, over 100 enrolments have been actioned.

HLH funding finished, so will make it difficult to deliver community courses, so will research funding via GWT web site.

Susan has strong links with the Head Teacher who is on secondment – but is very interested in developing IG projects within the community and WHC

Susan MacLean – The Den

Youth café engages in two villages and works with age group from High School time meets 7 – 11pm, HLH youth Workers work in partnership to support these groups.

GWT Constitution – copies available on request – Lesley/Cheryl

Please continue to seek your two voting members per network (cannot be a member of staff however one place could be the volunteer coordinator).

The normal term of office for a voting member will be 2 years however people may stand for re- election at the end of each term of office.

Next meeting:

Pending