Detail and Daring:
Research into the art and the craft of intergenerational work
By Sue Mayo,with Charlotte O’Dair and Dr Caoimhe McAvinchey is a
research report that explores the beauty and challenges of arts projects
with young and older people, in particular Magic Me’s Weekend at Wilton’s in partnership with Duckie, January - May 2012.
Our Generations Report (with images)
Our Generations Report (without images)
The Our Generations programme, 2006-09, involved over a
thousand people in intergenerational projects in diverse settings across
Tower Hamlets – from the library to the park, youth clubs to people’s
front rooms. The aim was to compare the benefits and practicalities of
intergenerational projects with a range of people and partners. An outline of acitvities by Kathryn Gilfoy, Programme Manager, is followed by the findings of Dr Caoimhe McAvinchey, External Assessor.
CPD Report 2004-07 (with images)
CPD Report 2004-07 (without images)
Report on Magic Me’s programme of
continuing professional development and good practice for artists and others running intergenerational arts activities by Susan Langford and Jan Stirling.
Youth Action and
Engagement: Building Intergenerational Relationships by the National Youth Agency
Case study looking at Magic Me's Heartfelt project at The Women's Library with Mulberry School for Girls and local older women.
Annual Report 2011/12
Summary of activity during the 2011/12 Financial Year.
Photowalks by pupils and parents of Christchurch C of E School and Allen & Overy Volunteers
Six walks to interesting places for families starting from Christchurch C of E School in Brick Lane, E1.
View from the Top Artwork
Artwork as featured on the ceilings of the buses on the London 205 route. Find our more about the project here.

Sunrise Radio programme part 1
Featuring Utopia, According to Me young and older participants.
Sunrise Radio programme part 2
Featuring Utopia, According to Me young and older participants.
Susan Langford at the Bolder & Wiser Conference by Audiences London
Susan discusses Who is teaching, learning? at the Older People and Culture Symposium in 2009.
Britain's Every Day Heroes by Gordon Brown MP, former Prime Minister
Chapter featuring Susan Langford and the work of Magic Me.
March 2012
June 2012
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Where the Heart is, our 9th collaboration with The Women's Library, Mulberry School for Girls and local older women. The project explored a range of love stories set in East London: love of friends, partners, of community, of ideas, of causes.
Heart Sparkle
Heartfelt
Hearts Ease
Heartstrings
Heartache
Heartlands
You can also download all six tracks as a zip file.
View from the Top, celebrates the people and places along High Street 2012, the road leading from the City east to the Olympic Park. Over 120 children and older people worked with a Magic Me poet and a
print-maker, representing their explorations of past and present
business life.
Download the podcast of stories
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