Celebrating older people and the skills they have to offer

The Royal Voluntary Service, a charity that enriches the lives of older people and their families across Britain, is hosting a festival to showcase the oft-forgotten artisanal skills that older generations grew up mastering.

GrandFest will unfold across the whole of Old Street, London with a number of talented ‘GrandMakers’ hosting masterclasses at various venues in and around the creative hub. Masterclasses will include soft furnishing, bread making, crocheting, wood turning, dancing, flower arranging, preserve making and home brewing. The festival will also offer a range of food and drink stalls, a pop-up shop and the GrandFest stage, where performers old and young will entertain festivalgoers.

Age is very much on the Protein radar on at the moment, with the Age Report coming later this month.  As part of the report we’ve looked at the retirees still going strong, never saying never and entering the startup market. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks but it’s always good to learn a new trick from an old dog.