Experiment with training courses with grandparents to make them fully aware and capable in their educational role; - Experimenting, in small communities, with the possibility that some of the trained grandparents can support families even if they are not members of the family; - ‘Certify’ the educational capacities of grandparents in support of single parents, families in economic difficulties and children's homes, trying to give active roles in society to adult pensioners and ‘grandparents’ in general; - Promote self-aggregation and peer tutoring among grandparents; - Enhancing the capacities of partner organisations and their operators to support training interventions with grandparents; - Strengthen the educational competences of adults over 65 and in any case adult grandparents; - To strengthen the skills of educators in working with and enhancing the resources of grandparents in terms of caregivers; - Stimulating a stable adult-child relationship; - Promoting active ageing of the elderly.
Research has shown that for many elderly people (or elderly couples), the birth of a grandchild brings changes in habits, behaviors, organization, and interests in daily life. Becoming grandparents allows them to develop and consolidate their educational and emotional experience, to engage with the enthusiasm and sometimes explosive vitality of their grandchildren, to rediscover the pleasure and meaning of a positive and constructive relationship, and to continue expressing creativity through play. Furthermore, grandparents are a fundamental support for modern families. However, they often feel unprepared to fulfill their educational role as grandparents. This situation, especially during social isolation and the daily reorganization due to the health emergency, required leveraging personal resources that were not always easily stimulated independently. The project aimed to enhance active aging and support the development of educational skills in adults (grandparents and others) by training their socio-educational and caregiving competencies. This was achieved by involving them in informal and innovative training paths to stimulate their creativity, lateral thinking, and to support the relationship with grandchildren.