TOY event in Merate, Italy – 10 October
October 2, 2018
For our Italian TOY followers and enthousiasts, we re happy to share the programme of the event on intergenerational learning organised by our parter ReteSalute.
TOY on Irish national television!
September 13, 2018
On 12 September, the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ featured a piece on TOY in the context of the programme ‘RTÉ Brainstorm, a home for new ideas and insights on Ireland and the world’.
TOY workshop in Leiden (NL) on 20 September
September 11, 2018
Workshop voor professionals die met jonge kinderen of ouderen werken Jong en Oud Leren Samen Jouw organisatie ook? 20 SEPTEMBER 2018 van 15:00 tot 17:30
TOY for Quality at the EECERA Conference
September 3, 2018
Last week ICDI’s Margaret Kernan – in the picture with the hungarian childhoood experts Gábor Patyi and Réka Kissné Zsámboki of Sopron University – presented the tool TOY for Quality to the international audience of the 28th EECERA Annual Conference, which took place on the banks of the Danube in Budapest.
Register now for the TOY online course!
June 20, 2018
TOY online course for practitioners Are you interested in bringing older adults and young children together to share knowledge, skills, values and have fun? If yes, then the TOY online course “Together Old and Young: An Intergenerational Approach” is what you are looking for!
On the TOY for Inclusion partnership meeting
June 12, 2018
“I finally experienced what the project looks like in real life and felt very proud of my small contribution on it”. Read the blog that our fantastic intern Lal Koyuncu wrote after her participation the TOY for Inclusion partnership meeting, and a vist to the Play Hub of Nagydobos in Hungary!
The TOY for Inclusion toolkit is published!
June 4, 2018
Do you want to promote social cohesion in your community starting from the very young children? Are you keen to promote inclusive and high quality early childhood education initiatives for Roma and non-Roma young children? Do you need inspiration for activities to involve families and community members to improve early childhood education and care services?
International workshop week in Dublin
May 18, 2018
Great news for TOY-PLUS this week! We are in Dublin for the whole week together with 40 practitioners in early childhood education, social care and community development from 5 European countries. These practitioners took part in the piloting of the TOY online course in Intergenerational learning in the last weeks, and are now together participating
TOY for Inclusion inspires children in Belgium!
May 4, 2018
Playing, reading and drawing is highly beneficial for the development of young children. In this video we see learning activities organized in Ghent, Belgium, by the Centre for Innovation in the Early Years (VBJK) within the TOY for Inclusion project.
TOY publication: IGL and cultural heritage
April 20, 2018
This week we welcomed with pride the publication of the chapter ‘Intergenerational Learning: A Tool for Building and Transforming Cultural Heritage’ that the TOY team Margaret, Giulia and Jessica wrote for the Oxford Handbook of Public Heritage Theory and Practice. Normally we associate the term ‘public heritage’ with architecture, archeology and museums, however it is
Not much to celebrate: Roma children’s discrimination starts early in life
April 8, 2018
Today, 8th April, is International Roma Day. It is a day marked to celebrate Romani history, culture, language and aspirations. While we praise the intentions and the efforts behind this initiative, we must conclude that there is not much to celebrate. The Roma are still one of Europe’s most disadvantaged groups: they are highly discriminated
Exploring new frontiers of ageing at International Age-friendly conference in Dublin
March 29, 2018
A couple of weeks ago representatives of institutes of higher education, government, civic society and policy makers from all continents gathered in Dublin to share, debate and explore new frontiers of ageing across a broad range of themes at the International Age-friendly conference hosted by the DCU – Dublin City University. The DCU developed in 2012
TOY recognised at the General Assembly of Spain’s Education Cities
March 12, 2018
The Mayor of Lleida, Àngel Ros, lead the XIII Congress of Education Cities on the 1st and 2nd of February in the Palace of Congress of “La Llotja”, Lleida. Lleida hosted the meeting because it has been the city in charge of the State Network for the last two years. The Network is made up
TOY for Inclusion Play Hubs launched in 7 European countries
February 5, 2018
TOY for Inclusion is delighted to announce that new Play Hubs for young children, families and adults have opened this month in Belgium, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and Slovakia. Our Play Hubs are safe education and care spaces where relationships between Roma and non-Roma young children and their families are built. TOY inspired intergenerational activities are part of the programme being
Intergenerational Learning in Preschool and Elder Care Settings
January 17, 2018
In a world that appears to put increasing value on expertise and specialist knowledge over traditional forms of knowledge or wisdom, the process of becoming a more integrated human being requires knowledge that is created by all generations.
TOY FOR INCLUSION: 117 PROFESSIONALS TRAINED IN 2017
December 15, 2017
TOY for Inclusion aims to support the integration of Romani children, families and the older generations in their communities. We are proud to announce that over 110 professionals in 6 countries have been trained in the first project year.
TOY for Inclusion and the EU debate on Roma Inclusion
December 1, 2017
Our project TOY for Inclusion seems to be tackling some very important issues related to Roma children’s access to early childhood education and care. Most of these issues, unfortunately, are not so central to the political debate at European level.
Old and Young share stories to keep history alive!
November 21, 2017
On Wednesday, 8 November the new ‘Heritage Holders’ 2017 were honored in the Amsterdam Museum. The elderly (‘Heritage Givers’), officially gave their stories to the youngsters. Several Dutch officials joined the ceremony. The young Heritage Holders will retell the personal stories of the Dutch colonial past, the Second World War and the immigration in the ’60’s/70’s. Both
TOY for Inclusion at the ISSA Conference 2017 in Ghent
October 9, 2017
Giulia Cortellesi (ICDI) and Francesca Petrucci (Associazione 21 Luglio) participated in the ISSA Conference in Ghent (Belgium), the theme of which was “Local Responses, Global Advances: Towards Competent Early Childhood Systems”. They presented the TOY for Inclusion approach to an audience of early childhood education and care researchers, practitioners and policy makers from more than 60 countries.
Online Course Together Old and Young: in the making
September 28, 2017
Last week was the filming of video lectures for the online course: ‘Together Old and Young: An Intergenerational Approach‘. This course will contain five modules:
Six dimensions of quality in Intergenerational Practice for TOY
September 25, 2017
Last week the seven organisations involved in the TOY-PLUS project had an eventful meeting in Athens. This project, which began almost a year ago is being coordinated by ICDI and is being funded by the European Commission (Erasmus Plus Programme). The Athens meeting was hosted by Hellenic Open University, the Greek partner in TOY-PLUS.
The village of Spissky Hrhov (Slovakia): one of the TOY4Incl locations
September 20, 2017
Our partner Wide Open Academy – REYN Slovakia is collaborating with the city of Spissky Hrhovand its Pre-primary and primary school to create a toy library for young and old, as part of the TOY for Inclusion project. Here an article on the New York Times over the amazing work done to promote social inclusion between
Prospect’s inter-generational learning: an article from Australia
September 15, 2017
A new friend of TOY, who we met at the EECERA 2017 conference in Bologna, Stella Conroy from Families Australia, shared a very interesting article on intergenerational learning between young children and older adults in Adelaide, Australia. Children were nervous at first knowing older adults were going to visit them, but through the well thought through
Play across generations for social inclusion: training in Leiden
September 14, 2017
Last week, 20 professionals were trained in Leiden. Together with ISSA, ICDI has developed a toolkit to support practitioners and other stakeholders in the development of skills and competences to create community based play hubs (resource and meeting centres) where relationships between Roma and non-Roma young children and their families are built and interactions in safe
