It was smiles and laughs all round recently – when young and old got together to enjoy an afternoon of quizzes and competitions at the Whiteash Estate Community Centre and the Byron Close Community Centre.
Vivienne Cooke, Sheltered Housing Team Leader from Hyndburn Homes said: “Our residents living in sheltered housing around the Community Centres were invited to attend these events which were organised by the local PCSO’s.
“The PCSO’s thought it would be a great idea to cross the generational divide by getting young and older people together for a social event and they invited selected pupils from Rhyddings High School in Oswaldtwistle to join our residents.”
Around 10 pupils joined 12 sheltered housing residents and both groups had a great time and really enjoyed each others company.
66 year old Margo Barnes of Whiteash Estate, Oswaldtwistle said: “It was a lovely idea to meet up with some of the younger people who live in the area. Teenagers can sometimes get a bad name but the majority are nice and polite – and certainly the quiz afternoon proved that to be the case. We all got on like a house on fire!”
The events were so successful that Youth Community Support Officer Tracey McCarney has applied for funding to organise similar days later in the year.
“It was good to see people from different age groups getting along so well,” she said. “We wanted the events to show both groups how much they had in common - and everyone enjoyed it so much they want more - and so we hope to be doing just that in the near future!”
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