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Edinburgh Silver Surfers
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Age Concern Edinburgh
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10.00 - 16.00 Wed 1st October
Meadowbank Sports Centre |
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A Free
Taste Of A Healthier Lifestyle To Celebrate
International Day Of Older People |
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Mark Scott Leadership for Life Awards
Intergenerational Project 2007 |
The Mark Scott
Foundation
In October 1995 Mark
Scott – a 16 year old schoolboy from Glasgow - left a football
match and became the victim of a sectarian murder. Following
Mark’s tragic death, Mark’s family set up the Leadership for
Life Award.
As explained on the foundation’s website at
www.markscottleadershipforlifeaward.org.uk
”‘The Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award’
is a unique and innovative approach to personal development that
brings together young people from different social, religious
and cultural backgrounds, and trains and supports them as they
plan and deliver community-based projects.
Selected participants aged between 16 and 18 attend a 5 day
course run by Outward Bound at Loch Eil, near Fort William. Here
they acquire skills and confidence that will help them work
together for between four and seven months to complete a project
in their local community.”
The Intergenerational Project
As part of the 2007 awards the foundation hosted the
‘Intergenerational Technology Project’ which brought together pupils from St Thomas Aquins and Gillespie’s
high schools in Edinburgh and senior members of our community.
ACE IT and the Edinburgh Silver Surfers were delighted to be
involved with ACE IT’s volunteer tutors, current and
ex-learners combining to form the senior section of the project.
The initiative
aimed to encourage better intergenerational
understanding and co-operation through the use of computers.
Over a period of three weeks a series of workshops and
discussion sessions were held to focus on different elements of
intergenerational co-operation including…
• 12th March - The use
of technology to construct a presentation to compare and
discuss childhoods of each generation
• 19th March - Debates where mixed young and senior teams
use the internet to research a given topic area in order to
share their ideas and thoughts on core social issues. For
example “for or against” the following - ID Cards,
Conscription or to provide future funding for the young or
old?
• 26th March - Technology based day where individuals sent e-mails to MSP’s and used smart boards
and computers during sessions.
To view the
Surfers Article on the project:
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