A SIGNIFICANT OTHER
Insights from interviews | IntergenerationAll workshop #2
What have you been up to since we last saw you?
• Project planning• Capturing ideas and experiences• Interviews with representatives of key
stakeholder groups in our project:• 2 older people • A younger person• A teacher
Insights from interviews | IntergenerationAll workshop #2
Jim WoodmanArtist, involved in the intergenerational mural project at our Bradbury Active Age Centre
• What do you think older people can offer younger people?
• What do you think younger people can offer older people?
• What things do you think older and younger people have in common?
Insights from interviews | IntergenerationAll workshop #2
John McCullaghSixth form mentor
• Why did you become a mentor?
• What qualities do you think are needed to be a mentor?
• Can you give an example of a situation with your mentee that you found particularly rewarding
Insights from interviews | IntergenerationAll workshop #2
Sam SpeirsJust finished GCSEs and about
to go to sixth form college
• What attitudes do younger people
have towards older people?
• What attitudes do you think older people have towards younger people?
• What do you think older people can offer younger people?
Insights from interviews | IntergenerationAll workshop #2
Steve MellonSecondary school history teacher
and form tutor
• What attitudes do you think younger people generally have towards older people?
• What, if any, contact do younger people have with older people in the school setting?
• What do you think about the school environment as a setting for intergenerational relationships?
Insights from interviews | IntergenerationAll workshop #2
What we have learnt
• Not to make assumptions or generalisations
• The benefits of getting different perspectives
• Some of the challenges we might face and how we might deal with them
• Confidence that our project is needed and will be a success if we take these things into account
Insights from interviews | IntergenerationAll workshop #2