Reaching the huge numbers
Older people want to be part of an intergenerational community not a ‘crinklies camp’. Stephanie Fuller shares this an…
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Adding years to life – and life to years
When will all commissioners recognise that activities like dancing and singing help maintain older people’s quality of…
Active ageing
What better place to learn about using the arts to help older people and those with dementia than in Japan, where a quarter of peo…
Getting granny into Gormley
Is it worth explaining conceptual contemporary art to ‘old age’ pensioners? Anna Goulding’s research sugges…
Who are the commissioners?
Linden Rowley explores who the commissioners of public services are, where to find them and how arts and cultural organisations ca…
Demonstrating impact
A number of challenges face arts and cultural organisations trying to show their impact on public service outcomes. Jessica Harris…
Getting to grips with commissioning
In a new series exploring opportunities for arts organisations, museums and library services to engage in public service commissio…
Inquiry reveals barriers to growing giving
Culture Minister pours scorn on fundraising challenges in the arts, but a Parliamentary inquiry concludes that structural factors…
Organisations to share £1m fund for arts and older people
Four projects will provide greater access to the arts for people living in residential and nursing homes.
£1m fund to get elderly people involved in the arts
The money will support partnerships involving arts organisations and residential care providers to deliver four major projects.
Becoming dementia friendly
The Courtyard in Herefordshire is the first arts venue to sign up to the Dementia Action Alliance and Alice Saunders hopes it lead…
Old and young unite
Jane Coyle tells how DU Dance’s inter-generational programme has recently seen a dance performance by women of all ages, inc…
Paying for the positive impact
Although there is increasing interest from health and social care providers in engaging older people in arts activity, a huge chal…
Playing in old age
Paul Cann believes that the longstanding exclusion of older people from the arts will be changing thanks to a new online initiativ…
Study finds benefits of singing for older people
A study into community singing for older people has found it has noticeable wellbeing and mental health benefits. By monitoring fi…
Long live senior creativity
Philip Thomas spent five weeks on a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust travel fellowship researching the American senior theatre mov…
Art on prescription
By collaborating with staff at local doctors’ surgeries, Dulwich Picture Gallery has found a sustainable channel for reaching ou…
Drama with dementia
Lowri Evans explains how the Library Theatre Company is engaging older people with memory loss through storytelling
Bridging the gap
Mark Powell finds it exhilarating to see the generations working side by side at Salisbury Playhouse
A moving experience
‘Wellbeing’ is the newest buzzword in the arts, and arts charity Salamander Tandem is proving that a programme of movement can…
Bringing generations together
Older men performing raps in school assemblies? Swindon has found innovative ways of bridging the generation gap, says Joy Aldred
AgeQuake / ArtsQuake
Our average age is increasing. Sherry de Wynter calls the arts and cultural sector into action and reveals the intergenerational p…
Generations apart?
Where does ‘inclusion’ fit in the parallel landscapes of ‘youth arts’ and ‘older people’s arts’, asks David Slater
Scotland tackles generation gap
An annual month-long festival of the arts for, by, with and about older people is being planned as part of Creative Scotland&rsquo…
