Young and old came together in an eight-week program where Year-10 students from Byron Bay High School and 70+-year-olds from the nearby over-55s community got together for some fun and games.
The Stronger Together program, developed by Healthy North Coast’s Community Wellbeing and Resilience Program in partnership with RSL Life Care was brought to life by Casey Baldwin, from Intergen Connect. The program has seen everyone enjoy a range of activities from speed meeting, mini-Commonwealth Games, and collage building, to storytelling, bonding activities and lots more.
While the older people said, ‘Who would have thought that we would have got so much out of it? Shared experiences were met with humour and a lot of laughter! It gave me faith in our young people, they are so smart and well informed.’
The younger participants also enjoyed themselves saying that it was ‘a memorable experience,’ and that ‘it gave me a wider understanding of people outside of my generation’.
As one young person summed it up, ‘Age is just a number, no matter how young or old you are, there is no limit to a friendship.’
A new group will start up next term. If you want to find out more contact Casey on 0438 475 994.
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