Connecting the old and young to shine 'Brighter Together'

Lynde House residents were delighted to be chosen to take part in a project with Twickenham Park Day Nursery earlier in the year when the children visited a group of residents on a regular basis. The pilot, run by Polly van Marken from Brighter Together, has now produced a report on the outcomes and it makes very positive statements about the experience for both children and residents.

On average residents experienced a 30% increase in ‘feeling loved’ after just 12 weeks of the sessions with John, a care home resident saying: ‘it is the sunshine in my week’.

We will be continuing the project, which now has charitable status, later in September with sessions on ‘zoom’ and adapting the format for more games both groups can play although not physically together.

Watch this space for news – residents and the team are really looking forward to seeing the children again.

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