Calling all transitional year students

Intergenerational Solidarity Award 2023

DCU’s Age-Friendly network is proud to host the Intergenerational Awards to mark the EU Day of Intergenerational Solidarity and Cooperation between Generations celebrated on April 29th each year.

DCU invites you to submit a project demonstrating good intergenerational practice between your school and older people in your community.

Your project can be in the form of:

  • Poster presentation
  • Report with images
  • Videos showing – IT, dancing, music, art, cooking, story-telling
  • Photographs

Some examples of past projects include:

  •  Paired reading
  • Sewing/cookery
  • Computer skills
  • Mentoring
  • Singing

There will be two categories:

Gold, Silver and Bronze awards presented for innovative and engaged projects.

A single award will also be presented to an individual student or student group who has developed an age-related product or service as part of their TY Business Project.

All participants who take part will receive a Certificate of Participation.

Closing date for project applications: Friday, March 31st 2023.

For information and registration, please contact Grainne Reddy: E: grainne.reddy@dcu.ie
T: +353 1 7005454