Our Intergenerational Story Telling project
CommonAge collation of older people’s life stories told to young people living in the Commonwealth in 2017
About the project
With the aim of connecting all ages across the Commonwealth, combating ageism and recording stories for generations to come, we are invited young people (aged between 15 and 24 years old on 12 January 2018) living in Commonwealth countries to spend time with an older person and write that person’s life story.
The young authors also described their experience of spending time with the older person and learning about their life.
Awards
– All entrants received a certificate of participation
– The top 5 entrants received £100
– The author received a hard copy of the book
Submitted essays were collated into a book, and was published in 2019.
Our congratulations go to the top five entrants and we thank all the young authors for their contributions to this unique publication.
A huge thank you to the volunteer Editors Ingrid Eyers and Annie Waddington-Feather for managing the competition and editing the stories.
(NB CommonAge is run by volunteers and the competition and editing of this book has been done voluntary. While the book is free to download, there will be an option to make a small donation to CommonAge when downloading your copy.)