Mar 2020
Intergenerational Week
To mark National Intergenerational Week, we have chosen to reflect on some of the fantastic intergenerational work at Grevill House in Charlton Kings.
It has been widely proven that bringing different generations together has a positive impact on everyone involved and Grevill House are looking forward to welcoming their younger visitors into the home again very soon.
Grevill House in Cheltenham and Caterpillar Music have been joining together since January on a lovely intergenerational project, the project was run at Grevill House where the children who are aged from 3 months – 3 years joined the residents for a music session and lots of fun.
Intergenerational classes are new to Caterpillar Music, but they are such a valuable, wonderful connection within the community and bring children and the older generation together. Caterpillar Music sessions are inspired by Montessori teaching, promoting independence and encouraging both the children and residents to explore music in their own way.
Kate Smith, Home Manager said “I absolutely loved welcoming Caterpillar Music into our home and to see the joy and pleasure that the children brought to our residents was truly special and I cannot wait to welcome them into our home again and to develop our intergenerational link”.
The intergenerational sessions will be back up and running again as soon as they can and will then continue bi-weekly, the residents talk about the children a lot and can’t wait to see their faces again.