Intergenerational Pen-pal scheme

The Hadrian Trust kindly gave us a grant fund to be able to continue an intergenerational Pen- pal project which we established in the Autumn of 2020.

The pen pal scheme was launched with funding from County Durham Community Foundation with the aim of bringing together both young and old. Children from Croft C of E Primary School and a group of local senior women from the Darlington started to write back and for the to each other during the Autumn and winter months.

When the initial funding completed, we were lucky enough to receive a pot of money from Hadrian Trust to keep the project going.

The children have written letters, made Christmas and Easter cards, painted pictures and set tasks for the ladies.

The communication has been a life-line for our seniors with lots of them telling us how much they enjoyed reading about the children and remembering happier times from their own lives.

For the children it’s been a wonderful opportunity to write with a real purpose in mind and a great lesson of good citizenship. It’s a beautiful project which we hope to build on in the future.