Intergenerational England

As the UK’s ageing population grows, dementia care remains one of the most complex challenges facing the NHS and the broader social care sector. While pharmacological research continues its vital search for disease-modifying treatments, there is an urgent, parallel need for scalable, evidence-based psychosocial interventions. Among the most promising of these is the integration of Creative Health into standard care pathways. At Intergenerational Music Making (IMM), our work across community...

We are living through a paradox of modern society: we are more digitally connected than ever yet demographically and socially, we have never been further apart. As Lord Kamall recently observed: “For some, demographic and societal changes have led to communities fragmenting, isolation, disconnection and a lack of shared purpose.” This fragmentation is not just a social issue; it is a profound public health crisis. Loneliness and age segregation are eroding our collective wellbeing, driving up...

Intergenerational England’s response to Protecting What Matters The Government’s paper Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive and resilient United Kingdom arrives at a moment when cohesion has moved from aspiration to necessity. It reflects a growing recognition that the strength of our society rests not only on economic stability or institutional capacity, but on the quality of relationships between people. Across the country, those relationships are under strain....