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 other organisations.

Key events

• 1 October: Reinforcing and Re-imagining the Social Compact (Seminar), School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast
• 3 October: Beyond the Silos: An ‘all-age’ approach to strengthening communities (Joint workshop with INCORE, University of Ulster), Holywell DiverseCity, Derry-Londonderry
• 7 October: Collaborating towards an age-friendly Northern Ireland (Joint workshop with Linking Generations), Belfast City Hall
• 8 October: Intergenerational work as a lens for resolving social problems (Interactive workshop with Social Work students), School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast

Publications

• Collaborating Towards an Age-Friendly Northern Ireland, by Ann Marie Gray, Paula Devine, Vicki Titterington, Lynn Johnston and Nancy Henkin. This Policy Brief is based on the event Collaborating Towards an Age-Friendly Northern Ireland, which was held on 7 October 2014.
• Communities for All Ages: A life course approach to strengthening communities in Northern Ireland, by Nancy Henkin (February 2015).  This Discussion Paper describes the Communities for All Ages initiative that was developed in the United States in 2002 and explores ways that an “all ages” lens could be applied to policies and practices in Northern Ireland.