FRATTO Community centre is breaking down the generation gap with a new games project. Elderly people from the Fratton area are teaming up with groups of youngsters including pupils from City Girls School, to play a range of modern and traditional games.
Centre co-ordinator Mary Breeze, 56 has been amazed by how willing both groups are to learn from each other: “Many of the young people have never played board games before but the oldies are having great fun on the Wii,” she said.
A firm favourite with both generations has been New-Age Curling, an indoor form of the sport which involves rolling pucks with wheels across the floor of the sports hall: ”Its perfect for older folk as it can be played by those in wheelchairs or with very limited mobility,” said Mrs Breeze who has worked at the centre for 30 years,
The sessions which are partly funded by Portsmouth City Council, are linked to the Live-at-Home project which aims to make it easier for elderly people to continue living in their own properties.
Residents say it is a welcome response to a spate of muggings in the Fratton area which have left elderly residents feeling vulnerable recently.
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