As we come to the end of 2021, we’re reflecting on a busy term starting a new set of intergenerational projects that connect children and young people with older neighbours in their local communities.

We’re very excited to launch the Generations Swap Cookbook - a collection of recipes from people of all ages across the UK.

Today we launch our annual impact report for 2020-21 – a record of the work we have done with younger and older people over the last year.

Our two newest team members, Laila and Zakiyah, reflect on what it’s like to do the Kickstart Scheme at InCommon.

As we come to the end of Pride Month 2021, our Programme Officer Alex Eisenberg reflects on an exciting new partnership with Tonic and METRO to explore LGBTQ+ intergenerational connection.

We’re calling on young and old across the country to swap their favourite recipes and be part of our intergenerational cookbook.

It’s been an unexpected start to the year for us all - here’s what we’ve been up to during our third lockdown.

Last week we made some cards with a difference for the launch of our intergenerational social action project with Spotlight and Langdon Park School.

Older and younger neighbours on our programmes have started the school year sending postcards to introduce themselves to one another.

Our local communities need us more than ever. It’s time to bring generations together to take action.

Earlier this week our co-founder Laura Macartney was interviewed by BBC Radio London about how we’ve been connecting generations during covid-19.

This August, we are launching a report by Dr Ali Somers evaluating our intergenerational programmes over the past 12 months.

Today we launch a collection of short stories written by children and their older neighbours during lockdown.

Brian and Jody write about their experience of taking part in InCommon Buddies.

At the start of April we launched our Buddies programme as a way to keep intergenerational relationships going at a time when we needed them most. Here are our reflections 3 months on.

We’ve partnered with Clarion Futures to research the impact of Covid-19 on intergenerational initiatives and intergenerational relationships across the UK, looking at the challenges, opportunities and learnings that the crisis has presented. Today we share our findings and launch our report.

Looking for activities to do with grandchildren or grandparents while we’re all staying at home? Try out these ideas to help younger generations spend some quality time with older friends, relatives and neighbours - and give parents a bit of a hand keeping little ones entertained!

We believe that it’s more important than ever to keep people connected across the generations right now. Find out how we’re keeping in touch from a distance during the covid-19 crisis.

We’re celebrating a milestone this week - over 1000 people have come to one of our workshops and had a chance to find something in common with someone of a different age.

Evacuation, rationing and wartime memories often come up at our workshops. Last week, one of the residents brought along some truly historical documents to show the children.