TOY for Inclusion: 9 Play Hubs opened

The TOY for Inclusion project is in full swing. Nine Play Hubs have been opened in seven European countries, offering more than 1000 toys and games, and many intergenerational activities such as cooking, sewing, gardening, crafting, storytelling and reading aloud. Between January and March 500 Roma and non-Roma children became members of the Play Hubs, of which 80% are between 0-8 years old. More than 900 children and 400 parents and grandparents participated in the activities organized in the Hubs. 

In May, all project partners met in Budapest to evaluate the project so far and plan for the next round of activities. As part of this meeting, we had the opportunity to visit the Play Hub in Nagydobos, a small village in the North East of Hungary. Read our latest blog to know more about the visit and the Hub.

TOY for Inclusion is coordinated by ICDI and funded by DG Justice – European Commission and Open Society Foundations (OSF)

Intergenerational learning and cultural heritage

In April, the TOY chapter ‘Intergenerational Learning: A Tool for Building and Transforming Cultural Heritage’ was published in the Oxford Handbook of Public Heritage Theory and Practice.

Normally we associate the term ‘public heritage’ with architecture, archeology and museums, however it is now an interdisciplinary field where humanities and social sciences converge. In this book the editors speak about “public heritage” as a way of bringing together these emerging interconnected practices.

The last section of the book – Heritage, Memory and Well-being – challenges the familiar slogans and often empty clichés about the value of cultural heritage to the individual and to society. New insights into the influence of cultural heritage on society have been recently provided by advances in behavioral psychology, collective memory, and intergenerational learning. And it is in this framework that the TOY authors explain the benefits of intergenerational learning about heritage, for both older adults and young children.

EECERA 2018, Budapest, 28-31 August

Margaret Kernan will be make a presentation about the TOY for Quality Programme at the 28th EECERA Conference, which this year takes place in Budapest, Hungary between 28th and 31st August 2018. The title of her presentation is: Together Old and Young: Developing quality intergenerational practice.

TOY for Quality is an assessment tool which provides information for practitioners working with Intergenerational learning initiatives to be able to actively assess and continually improve the quality of intergenerational learning services and programmes. It is currently being piloted by TOY partners in Italy, Slovenia and Spain and will be publicly available from October 2018. 

To attend the EECERA conference visit: http://www.eecera2018.org/

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