About this project
According to ONS, “in 2002, women who were aged 65 could expect tolive to the age of 84, while men could expect to live to the age of 81. Projections suggest that life expectancies at these older ages willincrease by a further three years or so by 2020. The expectation oflife for people at 70 and 80 has also gone up. At present there aremore older people aged 70 and 80 than ever before.”
There is, undeniably, a New Generation of people, a social groupthat simply did not exist in any significant number in the past. Butthese men and women are not only living longer. A large proportion arealso living out their ‘old age’ very differently to their parents. Someoccasional volunteering or fund-raising won’t satisfy them. Thosepeople who started their working lives rebuilding our entire nationafter the war are not necessarily ready to settle into retirement at60, 70 or even 80. Many want to go on contributing fully to the economyand to society.
And when they do relax, gardening, bingo, golf and a couple of pintsdown the pub are not enough for this generation. They started partyingin the fifties and sixties – these people know how to have fun!
This generation has appeared in media a lot talking about the past.What was it like growing up during and immediately after the war? Howdid you deal with post-war austerity? What do you remember about thebeginnings of rock and roll?
This project will start as a videoblog highlighting the voices andstories of this fascinating new segment of society but focusing on whatlife is like for them now and how they see the future.
Among other things, we’ll be asking people:
There is, undeniably, a New Generation of people, a social groupthat simply did not exist in any significant number in the past. Butthese men and women are not only living longer. A large proportion arealso living out their ‘old age’ very differently to their parents. Someoccasional volunteering or fund-raising won’t satisfy them. Thosepeople who started their working lives rebuilding our entire nationafter the war are not necessarily ready to settle into retirement at60, 70 or even 80. Many want to go on contributing fully to the economyand to society.
And when they do relax, gardening, bingo, golf and a couple of pintsdown the pub are not enough for this generation. They started partyingin the fifties and sixties – these people know how to have fun!
This generation has appeared in media a lot talking about the past.What was it like growing up during and immediately after the war? Howdid you deal with post-war austerity? What do you remember about thebeginnings of rock and roll?
This project will start as a videoblog highlighting the voices andstories of this fascinating new segment of society but focusing on whatlife is like for them now and how they see the future.
Among other things, we’ll be asking people:
- What is your experience of being a member of this “new generation?”
- What grand schemes have you initiated recently?
- What would you do, if you knew you had another thirty years of productive life?
- How did you envisage later life when you left school or got married?
- How’s it different now?
- What’s it like being 70 years old and still having your mother alive?
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