GRANDFriends - an Intergenerational Program

Please register if you are an older adult in Unley and would like to participate in a fun and unique program with a select group of students from Glenunga International High School. If you were a fan of the ABC’s hit TV series Old People’s Home for Teenagers, then the City of Unley’s upcoming intergenerational program ‘GRANDFriends’ could be for you.

The successful ABC series showed how two quite different age groups have much more in common than they realise. Intergenerational programs have a positive influence on people’s mental and physical health and enrich the quality of personal connections and relationships.

The first of Unley’s own intergenerational program ‘GRANDFriends’ were successfully held in Sept-Nov 2023 and June-July 2024.

The next GRANDFriends starts on 1st November 2024 and will run for five consecutive sessions from 1/11 - 29/11. Each session centres around a different activity such as quality conversation, lawn bowls, gardening, and games.

The focus of the program is on older adults aged 65+ years and students from Glenunga High School in Grades 7 -10, and is all about having fun, learning new skills, and building friendships.

Unley Council is partnering with LifeChanger Foundation in the delivery of GRANDFriends. LifeChanger Foundation is a preventative mental health and wellbeing not-for-profit that empowers young people to thrive by developing their social and emotional strengths.

For more information contact Jill Andrews, Active Ageing Project Oficer, City of Unley, on 8372 5111.