The number of older people across Europe is increasing. New active ageing initiatives are emerging to empower older people as active citizens. The SLIC I and II - projects adress this issue and emphasise the role of adult learning as one major factor of active ageing. The SLIC II-project is funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission. It has started in January 2011 and will run until December 2012.
Aims of SLIC I
The aims were to develop new, practical ways to help older adults review their past experience and personal skills and to explore new and potential opportunities fo learning and community engagement. This was achieved through developing an innovative workshop model which is set out in the handbook. SLIC was coordinated by the Austrian Red Cross. Nine organisations from six European countries - Austria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy and the United Kingdom - participated in the SLIC-project.
The SLIC-leaflet provides a short summary about the project results.
Aims of SLIC II
The SLIC II-project aims at broadening the SLIC workshops to fit the needs of specific target groups and at training older peer facilitators who can then run SLIC-workshops in their local communities using the SLIC-handbook as a guide. Within the project the future peer facilitators will also have the opportunity to practically trial the workshops. Here you can find the project leaflet.
