As London heads to the polling stations, we have been dreaming up our own political parties!
We discussed what’s important to us as older and young Londoners, wrote manifestos and made rosettes. Our secret favourite was the intergenerational party 👏👏
#LondonElections2024

It’s Global Intergenerational Week and we are having such fun celebrating! 🎈🎉🥳
All around the world organisations and groups (just like ours) are making some noise about how wonderful AND important intergenerational practice is.
#GIW24 #Grandfriends #intergenerational

New term means new friends 💕
This week we spent some time getting to know each other.
#intergenerational #Grandfriends #Sparkletogether #newfriends

School holidays means our Junior Sparklers are in the house! ✨✨✨
If you have a child that would like to make some Grandfriends in the school holidays (with you) please get in touch.
#intergenerational #Grandfriends #sparkletogether #schoolholidays

Easter fun this week at Sparkle! 🐣🐰
#Grandfriends #Intergenerational #easter #easter bunny #sparkletogether

Our autumn planting session has produced glorious spring flowers!They are bringing everyone such joy.🌷🌼
#intergenerational #grandfriends #springhassprung #springbulbs #sparkletogether

Show and Tell!
This week the children and their Grandfriends bought something from home to talk about. So much conversation that we ran over time!
#intergenerational #grandfriends #sparkletogether #showandtell

This week we celebrated mothers and wonderful women! We had table discussions about our mums and wonderful women we know, then made some lovely cards to gift 💕
#motheringsunday #internationalwomensweek #intergenerational #sparkletogether

Congratulations to one of our youngest volunteers on being awarded her Blue Peter badge 🎉
She enjoys chatting and colouring with her Grandfriends and is a much loved part of our Sparkle team!
#intergenerational #volunteering #grandfriends #bluepeter #bluepeter badge

Pebble painting this week. Such creativity from all the generations. Our local police East Putney Police also had a go!🎨💕
#Intergenerational #Grandfriends #pebblepainting #community #sparkletogether

New classes mean new friends!
This week we had lots of fun with activities to get to know each other.
#intergenerational #Grandfriends #gettingtoknowyou #community #sparkletogether

This week we did ‘decoupage’ using recycled plastic milk bottles and scrap paper to make colourful pots. This has to be the most relaxing craft we have ever done and everyone worked together beautifully.
#Grandfriends #intergenerational #crafttogether #decoupage #putney #sw15

Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Burns night celebrations (a week late) with our piper Tom, Burns poetry, a mini Ceilidh and of course a (veggie) Haggis! #intergenerational #Grandfriends #burnsnight 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This week we welcomed amazing Jan from the Royal National Lifeboat Institute to tell us about the work of the RNLI and offer important water safety advice. Did you know the busiest lifeboat station in the UK is right here in London?! 🛟
#Grandfriends #lifeboats #Intergenerational

We embraced the cold weather this week at Sparkle by making snowflakes and having a winter dressing-up race! ❄️🧤🧣
#Grandfriends #winterwarmer #intergenerational #community #putney

New year, new classes, new friendships!
We spent this doing activities to help us get to know our new friends 💕
#grandfriends #intergenerational #community #newyearnewfriends

Last Sparkle of 2023 with our Community Christmas event!
Festive afternoon tea, craft, an incredible show from Lucie Benson Dance and carols outside care of St Mikes Southfields carols on tour. We would like to wish you a very happy and sparkly Christmas 🎄 ✨
#thatsawrap

Do join us tomorrow at our annual Sparkle Community Christmas event! 🎄🕯️
Whether you are 1 or 101, all are welcome for festive food, craft, a fabulous performance from Lucie Benson Dance dance and candle-lit carols outside with our carol lorry!
#joytotheworld #intergenerational

So much fun making Christmas wreaths together this week! #christmasiscoming 🎄 #Intergenerational #Grandfriends #lightandjoy

Snowball fight!
Well woollen pom-poms…but just as much fun! ❄️🧶🎄
#intergenerational #grandfriends #christmaaiscoming #lightandjoy