InCommon

16/01/2025

Very excited to be working together Cambridge Older People's Housing!

We are very excited to be part of this innovative new project!
We are collaborating with InCommon, Get Moving Cambridge, Find Your Wild, Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service and others to bring together different generations, and understand how local areas can be more age friendly.

Contact us if you would like to join in or find out more!

04/12/2024

Consider yourself a poet? Or just fancy being creative? ✍️

We're on the hunt for delightful poems that help bring joy to people of all ages. Enter by Monday 6th January for the chance to win a book and be featured on our social media. You'll also have your poem judged by the brilliant Gillian Eilidh O'Mara ✨

The poem can take any form you like - all we ask is that the lines each spell out the word 'DELIGHT'.

Enter here: https://incommon.org.uk/intergenerational-magazine

25/11/2024

In our latest edition of the Intergenerational Press we invite readers to enter into our acrostic poetry competition ✍️

We'll be accepting entries until Monday 6th January and they'll be judged by illustrator Gillian Eilidh O'Mara. The winner will receive a special book and their poem will feature on our social media 🏆

Read the magazine and submit your poem here: https://incommon.org.uk/intergenerational-magazine

Please share the competition with anyone you think might be interested!

24/10/2024

Want to make change in your community but you're not sure where to start?

Join us for a FREE intergenerational training course, run in partnership with our friends at the Brixton-based Advocacy Academy. Expect topics such as power, how to run good meetings and conflict resolution. The course is open to people of all ages, from 0 to 100!

We're running two taster sessions next week where you can meet the team running the sessions, hear more about the training series and explore what dreams we have for our communities and how we can action them.

Register via Eventbrite and help us spread the word: tinyurl.com/howtomakechange

17/10/2024

We're recruiting! 🎉

We're looking for a Programme Manager to lead and develop our online platform and support offer for intergenerational projects across the UK.

We're looking for someone excited about intergenerational connection and the opportunity to support this to happen at a greater scale.

The role is 32 hours a week and based at our co-working space in To***co Docks. The salary is £30,000-33,000. Ideal start date is February 2025 and the closing date is 15th November.

Find out more about the role and how to apply on our website: https://incommon.org.uk/jobs

07/10/2024

📢 Calling all current and aspiring runners 📢

We're excited to share that we've got ONE charity place for the London Marathon (27 April 2025). We're looking for someone that's up for a challenge and is passionate about our work bringing generations together ✨

Click here for more information and to apply: https://incommon.org.uk/london-marathon-2025

16/09/2024

We had a brilliant day on Friday at our Team and Board away day. It was filled with thoughtful discussion, strategy work and planning for the future ✨

Want to join us? We’re currently looking for a Chair to lead our Board of Trustees. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and committed person to use their experience and lead the governance of a growing organisation.

Visit our website to find out more or get in touch: https://incommon.org.uk/chair

02/09/2024

We’re looking for a new permanent Chair to lead our Board of Trustees and help drive our strategy. If you’ve got previous trustee experience and are passionate about bringing generations together, we’d love to hear from you 💛

And thanks to Hannah, InCommon CEO, for sharing what you like about being a Chair for the West Print Yorkshire Workshop!

Any questions, please do get in touch and you can also visit our website for more info: https://incommon.org.uk/chair

07/08/2024

There's no better way to end the school year, than with an intergenerational summer party ☀️

Across London, older and younger people have been celebrating the amazing friendships they have made over the year in lots of different ways. We've had Motown blasting, eaten lots of cake and strawberries, and some groups have gotten competitive over a Nature quiz. It's been a blast!

Read more in our blog here: https://bit.ly/3LVCu4M

With the school year coming to a close, older and younger people across London have celebrated a year of amazing intergenerational friendships with a summer party.