Breaking Barriers Campaign – Why it feels close to home

Breaking Barriers Campaign – Why it feels close to home

I have a very good relationship with my Grandparents and so do my children, however we are not always around to do things with them.

I always remember my Gran telling me she is bored, she plays bingo a few times a week with her friends that she met there, but as we moved away from our family and friends, my Grandma never really made many friends since.

My Grandad did as he has his boat club, fishing and made good friends through that but my Grandma is bored.

So I have introduced her to a world on the internet where she can learn new things, enter competitions and get freebies.

Where we live, there are not many classes to learn new activities as they Council pulled them all a few years ago, closing local libraries and anything it is available to do, now costs a fortune.

We spend our lives working, raising children and animals, giving ourselves minimal time for anything else… Then one day when we retire, we are left with more time than we know what to do with.

I am the type of person that needs to keep busy otherwise I get extremely bored, inherited from my Gran.

I worry about what I will have to do when I hit retirement, will I be completely bored too?

Breaking Barriers Campaign – Why it feels close to home

Then I came across the #BreakingBarriers campaign.

Now this is a fantastic campaign, so I will tell you more about it.

The campaign is called Breaking Social Barriers for the Elderly from Bathing Solutions.

#BreakingBarriers is a campaign to make the younger generation more aware of what the elderly can achieve and how we can help.

Showing there is courses and ways to broaden your learning even in retirement.

Bathing Solutions feel there should be no barriers between the generations and we should be helping the elderly do more, showing them there is a whole new world to learning and keeping busy.

When I was unemployed for a period, I spent time helping the elderly be more internet savvy, showing them the ways of the internet and offering advice and teaching to use computers.
There was a class every Thursday and I was one of the helpers.

I enjoyed spending my time with them, listening to their stories, their family, whilst showing them how to look up lost or distant family members using social media (Most of the time, this was a success!)
Teaching how to use social media to keep in touch with family, where to find things to learn like YouTube and showing how to use it.

How to do shopping online so they don’t have to rely on family to take them out.

How can we close these barriers to the elderly? Well, start by going to see your family a little more.
Teach your Grandparents to use the internet more efficiently, show them the gems we find (Freebies, comps, games even)

Lookup for free courses in your area and offer information to your family.

If you have a little spare time, even an hour a week, why not volunteer that hour and teach our wonderful retirement generation something new.

#BreakingBarriers is a way to help the elderly access these courses and making the younger generations aware that there is things out there and ways we can help!

Many courses ranging from cooking, writing, baking, photography and much more!
Even pilates, yoga and exercise programs.

I think this is an amazing idea and when it comes to retirement for me, I am safe in the knowledge that I have something new to learn.

What do you think about this campaign? Do you think it is a good idea?

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