The first CiA session in October 2015 showed the rich potential of a seminar-based approach to mutual support and critical reflection by older learners. For the second and third sessions the focus will be on housing policy and the numerous challenges faced by older people as they try to negotiate seemingly contradictory demands and proposals, and try to fit these into wider progressive goals as well as historical contexts.
The event in April 2016 will set out to explore the personal and the operational. Participants will be supported to do two things: to put across their own pressing concerns, whether these relate to personal circumstances or collective agendas; and to draw on case-study information about particular housing initiatives.
At the event in June/July there will be two keynote speakers offering an overview of policy. In addition the earlier session will be reviewed, and new material about housing strategy introduced. Besides supporting the group’s work on developing together a future course of CiA, this session will also feed into an event involving secondary school and undergraduate students as part of Camden Intergenerational Week in the autumn of 2016.
All the CiA work and activities are being written up continuously and will be available here on the CiA website (Ideas).
At present the CiA initiative is financially unsupported, although for the workshops in 2016 we have to thank the British Society of Gerontology (BSG) to allow us to run these workshops, and The Open University for the use of their facilities in London.
CiA is currently being developed by staff from The Open University, independent practitioners, and representatives of three small associations:
Kilburn Older Voices Exchange (KOVE)
Ransackers’ Association
Association for Education and Ageing
Negotiations have begun to engage institutional partners to ensure future development.
The event in April 2016 will set out to explore the personal and the operational. Participants will be supported to do two things: to put across their own pressing concerns, whether these relate to personal circumstances or collective agendas; and to draw on case-study information about particular housing initiatives.
At the event in June/July there will be two keynote speakers offering an overview of policy. In addition the earlier session will be reviewed, and new material about housing strategy introduced. Besides supporting the group’s work on developing together a future course of CiA, this session will also feed into an event involving secondary school and undergraduate students as part of Camden Intergenerational Week in the autumn of 2016.
All the CiA work and activities are being written up continuously and will be available here on the CiA website (Ideas).
At present the CiA initiative is financially unsupported, although for the workshops in 2016 we have to thank the British Society of Gerontology (BSG) to allow us to run these workshops, and The Open University for the use of their facilities in London.
CiA is currently being developed by staff from The Open University, independent practitioners, and representatives of three small associations:
Kilburn Older Voices Exchange (KOVE)
Ransackers’ Association
Association for Education and Ageing
Negotiations have begun to engage institutional partners to ensure future development.
