That the Parliament congratulates Braehead Primary on winning a national award for Evaluating Impact on Intergenerational Learning at the Generations Working Together (GWT) Conference, which was held at Strathclyde University in Glasgow; understands that primary seven pupils had been visiting the residents at Crosslet House care home for five years as part of the initiative, which originally began as a pen-pal scheme; further understands that the residents look forward to the regular visits, where the children work with residents on dementia-friendly activities to promote positive health and enhanced wellbeing, and wishes the school and care home every success for the future with this project.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Neil Bibby, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Finlay Carson, Maggie Chapman, Sharon Dowey, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Jamie Greene, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Edward Mountain, Douglas Ross, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle