Council Recognised for Intergenerational Activities

An award of national recognition has been presented to North Tyneside Council for its valuable work in encouraging young and older people to work together.

The Approved Provider Standard (APS) was presented to council leaders by the Centre for Intergenerational Practice (CIP).

The CIP has developed intergenerational programmes for which the APS is a benchmark, so that practices can be assessed.

The Council organised around 50 events over the last year, with over 100 volunteers, aged between 60 and 92, involved. These older volunteers worked with ten schools and 2,770 young people.

Councillor Glynis Barrie cabinet member for leisure, culture, tourism and safer communities, said: North Tyneside Council has a proud tradition of promoting mutual understanding and learning between generations."

She added that the aim was to build support, respect and understanding across the generations "through joint activities and shared learning", and that "the achievement of the APS was an endorsement of the quality of work in the borough."

The APS is a quality management framework for organisations that is used to monitor and assess progress so as to achieve greater excellence in intergenerational work programmes.

There are many aspects of the work to be assessed; these include engaging with participants;selection, screening and training of the volunteers; organisational and support structures and evaluation of progress.

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