About Us  We’re Nicola and Emily, Practitioner Researchers at The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. Nicola is interested in arts and cultural education in the early years, while Emily’s practice focuses on (older) adults living with chronic health conditions and non-visible disabilities. In early 2025, we teamed up to see what might happen if our practices came together. The result? ‘Creative lunches’ – an intergenerational project where art and food bring people t

By Charlotte Miller and Emily Abbott Secretariat, APPG on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities Intergenerational England A National Inquiry to Tackle Loneliness Through Connection On 22 October 2025, parliamentarians, civil society leaders, researchers and community practitioners came together for the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities.  This session marked the formal start of a two-year national inquir

By Nick Gulliver,
Director of Advocacy, Economics of Mutuality Alliance Our recent Business vs. Loneliness report, published with The University of Manchester, reveals an insight that may surprise some. Based on a survey of 10,000 people across 5 countries, we found that loneliness decreases steadily with age. 29% of Gen Z reported feeling lonely, compared to 14% of Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation. We observed that, whilst loneliness is an issue across all generations

The importance of addressing ageism As a Community Housing Manager bids farewell at one of our recently introduced ‘Keeping in Touch’ visits, the customer asked if they could pass their contact to one of their neighbours. “Of course. Better still, I’ll pop over now and introduce myself”. In person contact will always play an important role, for some Customers more so than others, which is why we’ve increased the number of frontline Colleagues in the past year. I see it as our

From cohousing to home extensions, how the design of our homes and communities can reconnect families and build support networks. by Sam...

About the Film and TV Charity The Film and TV Charity exists to support everyone working behind-the-scenes in UK film, TV and cinema,...

Across the UK, the way we live is being reshaped by powerful social and economic forces. Rising housing costs, longer life expectancies,...

Recently, Parliament welcomed the launch of a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities a...

Surrey Health and Wellbeing Board and Integrated Care Partnership Endorse Vision for a Connected, Inclusive Future Intergenerational...

As we mark Loneliness Awareness Week, we’re proud to share new research conducted in partnership with M.E.L at the end of 2024, alongside...

The age of the internet was supposed to bring us closer together in a more interconnected world, yet many people feel that we live in a...

For a long time my thinking about intergenerational practice was rooted in a fairly straightforward question: how do we promote...

At Kumar Medical Centre, the values of family, care, and community have always been at the heart of everything we do. As a GP Partner,...

Many of the most successful intergenerational activities are celebrated for their ability to bring younger and older people together....

For three days, I was in a bubble - quite literally, nestled within the domes of the Eden Project at Anthropy25. But this wasn’t a...

In response to the NHS’s urgent need for innovative preventative strategies, Intergenerational England (IE) and Intergenerational Music...

At Intergenerational England, our mission is to foster connections across generations to tackle some of society’s most pressing...

I’m coming to the end of a two month Churchill Fellowship  journey through California and Oregon to explore how communal-oriented housing...