Although these strategies are rooted at either end of the age spectrum,with some imaginative thinking there could be common solutions to someof the most pressing social issues of our time.
We have an ageing population requiring better local services for olderpeople. And we have many children and young people facing some of theworst poverty and social exclusion in Europe.
At the moment, services are not structured to tackle these issuestogether.
But we could harness intergenerational energy with pioneering ideas forneighbourhood services. Take, for example, the Sure Start programme forchildren and families, now being rolled out through children'scentres.
These centres are becoming central to every neighbourhood. And theycould do much more. For a start, they could involve more older peopledelivering services.
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