The report, 'For All Ages', launched by children's charity 4Children and Counsel and Care, a charity that supports older people, argues that an increasing distance between younger and older people will cause social problems unless action is taken.
Chief executive of Counsel and Care Stephen Burke said, 'The need to generate stronger links between the generations has never been more important.'
To ensure that children and families can benefit from intergenerational learning in children's centres, the Calouste Gulbenkian foundation and other voluntary organisations are working with the charities to strengthen community cohesion.
Many older people are already involved in children's centres across the UK as volunteers, community activists or grandparents.
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