Visit of Nancy Henkin, who was our first Visiting Fellow. Nancy was based in Queen’s University Belfast from 30 September to 13 October 2014. Details on the wide of range of activities are available here
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Intergenerational mentoring, educational attainment and community planning, by Paula Devine and Vicki Titterington (August 2018) is based on an event on 5 June 2018. Public attitudes and knowledge of dementia: Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Scotland, by Paula Devine (August 2016) is based on 2014 survey data. Evaluating arts-based programmes for people with dementia, […]
Ageing in Northern Ireland Prisons, by Sarah Lawrence. This Policy Brief explores health and social care needs and provision in prisons in Northern Ireland. Exploring inequalities in the context of kinship care, by Alexandra Chapman and Anna Tarrant. This Policy Brief is based on the event Exploring inequalities in caring: grandparents’ experiences of kinship care […]
Videos This page links to videos that help explain some of the issues that the ARK Ageing Programme is engaged with. What is an intergenerational approach?, by Nancy Henkin How can an intergenerational approach to building communities be used in Northern Ireland?, by Nancy Henkin What is stratified medicine? What is gerontology? (This is part […]
What does an intergenerational approach mean? In this short video, Nancy Henkin outlines what intergenerational approach means, and how she uses it in her work to build communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf9_fGFudsM Nancy is founder and Executive Director of The Intergenerational Center at Temple University, Philadelphia. She was the first ARK Ageing Programme Visiting Fellow, and was based […]
Collaborating towards an age-friendly Northern Ireland 7 October 2014, Belfast City Hall This joint ARK Ageing Programme – Linking Generations event was designed to spark ideas and promote thinking about what age-friendly might mean in Northern Ireland, especially as we begin to embrace our own ageing population, and move towards the community planning that our […]
Beyond the Silos: An all-age approach to strengthening communities 3 October 2014, Holywell DiverseCity, Derry-Londonderry This workshop was organised jointly between the ARK Ageing Programme and INCORE, University of Ulster. The event was held in the new premises of Holywell DiverseCity in Derry-Londonderry, and was the first event that the ARK Ageing Programme had organised […]
Visiting Fellows Scheme The ARK Ageing Programme Visiting Fellows Scheme gives us the opportunity to invite six appropriate experts to either Queen’s University Belfast or Ulster University for a visiting fellowship, with the aim of sharing their insights and experience. In consultation with age sector organisations in Northern Ireland, we will identify potential Visiting […]
Visiting Fellows An exciting part of the ARK Ageing Programme is our Visiting Fellows Scheme. This Scheme allows us to invite appropriate experts to either Queen’s University Belfast or Ulster University for a visiting fellowship, with the aim of sharing their insights and experience. Our first Visiting Fellow was Nancy Henkin, who is founder […]
Nancy Henkin Nancy Henkin is founder and Executive Director of the Intergenerational Center, Temple University, Philadelphia. Nancy’s was based in the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast from 30 September to 13 October 2014. Nancy had a full agenda for her visit, which involved working with Linking Generations and […]
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