Starting a Programme

• Intergenerational Programming Toolkit
  Detailed planning tool that addresses questions that many may not usually think about, especially in the planning stage. Key reading in the planning stages even if you don’t use the framework.
• The Intergenerational Evaluation Toolkit
  A start-to-finish framework for planning and evaluating your program. Contains a 2-page evaluation tool to fill out that also gives plenty of possible objectives as well as real-life examples and outcomes.
• Action Steps and Resources for Developing a More Age-Inclusive, Intergenerational Organization
  For larger projects this toolkit gives guidance and framework on the roles of each person within the development from the Board of Directors to those directly engaging with the community. Second half also contains practical tips on improving all aspects of promotion, hiring and fourth turning-based characteristics of each generation that may be involved.
• 「齡」距離: 代際實務工作手冊 (Only available in Chinese)
  此手冊詳細介紹了由香港仔坊會與香港大學發展出的「代際互動最佳模式」(The Optimal Quality Intergeneration Interaction Model)，一套配合香港文化背景及社會傳統的代際服務模式，並以「程序邏輯模式」(Program Logic Model)為框架，列出項目構思、籌備、實踐及評估代際服務的要點。

• 合作不難！：如何與夥伴開展代際服務 (Only available in Chinese)
  此工具書詳細地介紹與夥伴合作時有關的資訊和注意事項，從協商會議前的各項準備，到活動后的檢討細節，以原則及真實事例一步一步剖析如何與夥伴開展代際服務。
  

Sustaining Your Programmes

• Connecting Generations, Strengthening Communities
  Further reading or day 2 advice for those looking to build a larger organisation rather than individual projects. Useful information on everything from building relationships and attracting and motivating volunteers and funding.
• Intergenerational Programmes Evaluation
  Specifically for evaluation, advice on how to do so using quantitative and qualitative methods right down to interview styles. Great framework on page 44.

Existing Programmes and Examples

• Jockey Club Generation Connect Project
  Home page for the Jockey Club offering, ranging from family workshops to cooking classes and medical visit buddies.
• Creating a Liveable Community: Engaging All Generations and Improving Quality of Life
  Study from the https://taubfoundation.org/ that looks at example of projects that can improve the lives of all generations and bring them together.
• Generations United for Environmental Awareness and Action
  Numerous real-life, environmentally-focused program examples that can be used to inspire similar projects. Details the project and evaluates their strengths and weaknesses. Also examines the common themes between them.

Case Studies and Data

• An Intergenerational Interaction Model for Optimal Quality in the Asian Context
  Hong Kong study with clinical data showing benefits to participants in intergenerational program across a number of psychological metrics.
• Effects of an Intergenerational Health Promotion Program for Older Adults in Japan
  Study in Japan providing clinical data showing that there were mental and physical health benefits to those involved in and intergenerational program.
• Making the Case for Intergenerational Programs
  Factsheet and case studies that show the strong net positive outcomes on all participants in the program, backed by clinical studies on a per-generation basis. Useful examples for any target audience.

• Generativity: Establishing and Nurturing the Next Generation
  Ongoing engagement with society and having a supportive environment are important protective factors for our mental wellbeing. Through meaningful engagement with children, seniors feel valued, empowered, and have a renewed sense of purpose.

• Intergenerational Contact Zones: A Compendium of Applications
  This webpage provides links to a series of short chapters on “Intergenerational Contact Zones” (2016). ICZs serve as spatial focal points for different generations to meet, interact, build relationships, and engage in joint activities.

Alternative Resources

• Generations United
  Home page for the Washington-based group with 30+ years of experience leading intergenerational studies and action in the US.
• Meeting the Multigenerational Moment
  Stanford Social Innovation Review Home page – US-centric studies on the changing demographics addressing all aspects of social impacts and solutions.

• Scoping Review: Intergenerational Resource Transfer and Possible Enabling Factors
  The scoping review categorised resource transfers into three types: financial, instrumental, and emotional support. Using an intergenerational solidarity framework, factors associated with intergenerational transfer were placed in four categories: demographic factors, needs and opportunities factors, family structures and cultural-contextual structures.

• Thinking intergenerationally: Intergenerational solidarity, health and active aging in Hong Kong. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships.
  This paper provides an overview of intergenerational relations and the efforts to promote intergenerational programs in the specific context of contemporary Hong Kong. Through a sociological lens, it draws on a theoretical framework that explains how intergenerational relations are constructed.