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And the project is.......

23/10/09
We love innovation and projects which celebrate life and challenge perceptions. Ledbury Library is doing exactly that with a new initiative which is working in partnership with Age Concern, the ‘V’ initiative, local secondary schools and colleges and others. The project will focus on teenage life as it is today and as it was when the term ‘teenager’ was coined fifty years ago. It will bring the teenagers of then and now together to examine the differences that a span of five decades has created. More importantly, it will also examine the common ground. Is life that different? Are values that different? Do people want and need the same things? These are all questions that the project will be asking.

In 2010 a new library is to be built in Ledbury and this project will ensure that the right facilities and services are included within its walls and that those amenities are exactly what everyone in Ledbury needs, regardless of age or perspective. It will be an intergenerational building for an intergenerational community. The new library, and indeed this project will also be outward looking. It is not about the bricks and mortar of a new building, its about people of all ages and what they want. It is about what people believe other generations want and tackles perceptions. Its about cohesion, understanding and dissolving preconceived ideas. And that is why we chose this project over other very worthy candidates.

We were inundated with a host of fantastic project outlines, describing intergenerational activities which are bringing people together to break down social barriers, engender new understanding, share skills and, just as importantly, getting people laughing together. To choose just one project was an almost impossible task and it was a close call between the final three short-listed projects but unfortunately there could only be one beneficiary.

Thank you to all those who took the time to put their projects forward. Every project was worthy in its own way and we wish you all every success. We hope to be running a similar offer again next year so do contact us to make sure we can notify you of when we will be accepting expressions of interest again. After all, someone has got to win and it could be your project, but only if we know you’re out there!

To find out more about intergenerational activity and how it is tackling wide and far reaching social agendas please visit the website for The Centre for Intergenerational Practice.