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Save the Last Dance for Me (SLDM) Project Dissemination Event
September 7, 2022 @ 12:00 am
7th September 2022 10-11.30am.
Online event, registration details below.
In 2022, Creative Dementia Arts Network, (CDAN) who use arts to engage with people living with dementia and Fusion Arts, who work primarily with young people, collaborated on the Save the Last Dance for Me (SLDM) project which aimed to promote intergenerational understanding. Specific objectives were to increase understanding of old age and dementia amongst younger people and understanding of youth by older people.
Opportunities were provided for participants, some of whom were aged 10 and some 85+ years old, to develop their ideas about age, memory and dementia, through arts, music and writing. Sessions for young people were led by an artist, photographer, and creative writing tutors whilst a community musician led reminiscence sessions with older people. The young and older peoples’ groups came together to share their ideas during a creative activities day (including a T dance) and produced a Zine documenting their intergenerational experiences.
The webinar reflects on the project’s achievements, challenges and our learning, inviting attendees to share and exchange their experiences of intergenerational work.
Please register for the webinar via Eventbrite so we can keep informed about who is joining in and carry on connecting.