Our intergenerational social action programme continues to evolve and we’re delighted to share this update from our Programme Manager, Michaela, including news of two new partnerships.
The new year is off to an exciting start at InCommon, with an action packed few months of workshops.
We’re delighted to share the launch of three new intergenerational projects as part of our Empower programme.
In this guest blog our Programme Officer Rosie reflects on a special session she held with younger neighbours in East London to learn more about dementia.
As the year draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back at some of our favourite workshops from the past few months.
Giving Tuesday is just around the corner and this year’s theme is Give Your Way. We’ve collated some ideas of how you can get involved and support our work bringing generations together.
It was wonderful connecting with the youth organisations across the country involved in this year’s Intergenerational Social Action Programme, funded by Clarion Futures, Sovereign Network Group, Places for People and #iwill.
The evenings might be longer, but for InCommon it’s one of our favourite times of the year as we begin a new term of intergenerational workshops.
We’re delighted to have teamed up with our friends at the Brixton-based Advocacy Academy to run a free ten session course on how to create change in the local community.
When I applied to the Civic Leadership Academy at King's, I had little knowledge of the charity sector and was simply seeking a new experience. After several interviews, I was thrilled to join InCommon.
With the school year coming to a close, older and younger people across London have celebrated a year of amazing intergenerational friendships with a summer party.
On Wednesday 19th June, we came together to celebrate groups and individuals that are part of innovative and inspiring age-friendly projects.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and committed person to lead InCommon through our next stage of development.
The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is movement. What better way to get the generations moving than with them some age- friendly yoga?
We’re delighted to introduce our new programme Empower, which supports communities across the UK in delivering safe, meaningful and impactful intergenerational activities.
We are thrilled to announce that Hannah Kayi Mason will be joining the team as InCommon’s new CEO.
With the winter months behind us, it’s the perfect opportunity to reflect on what we’ve been up to so far this year.
After a successful recruitment round, we are delighted to announce that we have three new trustees and an advisor joining our Board.
What better way to mark the festive season than looking back on a fantastic few months?
Thanks to your generous support, we raised an incredible £9,551.76 (including Gift Aid) in just one week.
It’s been a big few months for us at InCommon - we’ve been growing the team, recruiting new trustees, and now we’re excited to announce that we’re hiring a new CEO.
We are delighted to launch our latest Impact Report. In 2022/23, we continued bringing older and younger people together, working across 10 London boroughs.
We're delighted to announce that we’re taking part in the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge. For one week only (from the 28th of November to the 5th December), any donation made to InCommon will be doubled!
With International Day of Older Persons taking place on Sunday, we want to celebrate the role intergenerational connection can play in older people’s lives.
With the summer break in full swing, we’re taking a look back on the academic year just gone.
It was party season at InCommon last month with children and older people across London getting together for one last celebration before the end of term.
This week we published The Intergenerational Press - our first magazine made by older and younger people.
InCommon is taking part in an exciting two-year social action programme aimed at connecting generations and embedding youth social action in communities nationwide.
We’re excited to announce that InCommon has secured another round of funding through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of the Healthy Ageing Challenge.
Behind the scenes we’ve been making important and exciting changes to our governance, from recruiting new Trustees to setting up an Intergenerational Panel. In this blog we explain a bit about how we got here and what this means for the future.