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Thursday, 7 July 2011
Pensioner pen friend project
Challenging the negative perceptions of young people
Funded by The Co-operative Foundation, Platform 51's Truth About Youth project works with young people in six areas of Cardiff to challenge negative perceptions about young people and break down the barriers they face.
Superkidz, the truth team from Mary Immaculate High School, met with Age Concern's Healthy, Wealthy And Wise group in Ely this week, to talk to the group about starting a pen friend project.
The truth team felt that the older generation can be afraid of young people, and they want to challenge this and show that negative stereotypes about young people should not be believed.
They thought that a pen-friend project - where a member of the Truth Team teams up with a member of Healthy, Wealthy and Wise to write to each other and find out about each other's lives - would be a good way of bridging the gap between generations and learning from each other.
Polly and Agata from Superkidz volunteered to do a short presentation about their idea to Healthy, Wealthy and Wise, and was very well-received. Both groups are looking forward to starting their project in September, so watch this space!
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