From 2010-2012 the Group has held a series of meetings on a wide range of topical issues:

  • Minutes from the meetings are avaialbe to view at the bottom of the page.

European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity Tuesday April 24th House of Lords

Guest speakers were Lenia Samuel, the Special Adviser to the Director General of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission; and Jo Corkett, the UK Coordinator of EY2012, based in the Redefining Retirement Division of the Department of Work and Pensions.

Welfare Reform in a Multi-generational Society Wednesday 29th February 2012, 11am-12.30pm

House of Lords Committee Room 2a
Guest speakers will be Lord Freud, the Welfare Reform Minister, and Stephen Burke, Director of United for All Ages
Contact Patricia Constant: patricia.constant@centrallobby.com for further information

Generations Together programme – looking back and looking forward (November 2011)

Guest speakers: Brian Keating, Steering Group Member of the Generations Together programme, and Alan Hatton-Yeo, the Chief Executive of the Beth Johnson Foundation.

Intergenerational approaches to community building (October 2011)

Guest speakers: James Cathcart, Chief Executive of the British Youth Council; Grant Cornwell, Chief Executive of the Tottenham Hotspur FC Foundation; Sir Paul Ennals, Chair of the Children’s Workforce Development Council; and Ginny Lunn, the Director of Policy and Strategy at The Prince’s Trust

Financial capability and attitudes towards saving (July 2011)

Guest speakers: Dr Mark Taylor of Essex University and Dr Craig Berry of the International Longevity Centre UK

Young and old entrepreneurs (May 2011)

Guest speakers: Rajeeb Dey, the Founder and CEO of Enternship.com and Halima Khan, Director of the Public Services lab at NESTA

Improving life chances – tackling intergenerational poverty and unemployment (March 2011)

Guest speakers: Emma Harrison, the Chief Executive of A4E and the Governent’s “Family Champion”, and Sue Maw, Curriculum Manager of the Manchester Adult Education Service

Intergenerational caring (December 2010)

Guest speakers: guest speakers: Dr Maggie Atkinson, the Children’s Commissioner for England, and Imelda Redmond, the Chief Executive of Carers UK

Workplace volunteering & care credit vouchers (October 2010)

Guest speakers: Professor Heinz Wolff of Brunel University and Sam Smethers, the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus

Achieving intergenerational fairness in pension provision (July 2010)

Guest speakers: Martin Weale, the Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and Chris Curry, the Research Director of the Pensions Policy Institute

Working Better: the Over 50s, the new work generation (June 2010)

Guest speakers: Anne Madden, Head of Education, Skills and Employability Policy at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Rachel Krys, Campaigns Director of the Employers’ Forum on Age

Government response to the IGF inquiry report, Achieving intergenerational fairness in employment policies and practice (March 2010)

Guest speaker: Michael Foster, the Equalities Minister.

Intergenerational Fairness: Principles & Practicalities (February 2010)

Guest speakers: David Willetts, Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and Alan Hatton-Yeo, Chief Executive of The Beth Johnson Foundation

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