You may have heard your children talking about visiting St. Pappin’s Nursing Home and Marewood Court. The nursery has begun visits, and we plan to do this on a continuous basis so the children and old people can build up relationships and plan activities together. We also link with the Ballymun comp school, with a group of teenagers who visit the nursery for a few week. The two groups complete a project based on their interests. 

The TOY project was initiated and is promoted by International Child Development Initiatives. The purpose of the TOY Programme is to promote intergenerational learning and create new possibilities for senior citizens and young children to learn together and benefit from each other’s company. We believe that this is more important than ever before across the world. People are living longer but older adults and young children are having less and less contact with each other.