The Glendale Campus is a site that offers wraparound support and other amenities for the community and is currently under redevelopment to include housing and a community hub. As part of this redevelopment, Visionwest commissioned a co-design exploration project on the feasibility of an Intergenerational Learning Centre (ILC). The findings of that project are found in this report.
The project co-design team considered important contextual factors:
- The rapidly ageing population of Aotearoa New Zealand and West Auckland, many of whom are experiencing housing vulnerability.
- The systemic barriers, inequities and ageism experienced by older Māori, Pacifica, Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African people, contributing to social isolation and loneliness.
- The diverse population and high levels of immigration in West Auckland.
- The critical role that the first thousand days play in a child’s life, and the need for low-income households to have fair access to childcare education and support to reduce toxic stressors.
Our approach recognises that people are the experts in their own lives. In light of this, the co-design team included parents and older people alongside Visionwest kaimahi (staff).
