PADSIP: Bayside’s most unlikely friendships will fill your heart with hope and joy

Get your tissues ready – this beautiful video series bridges generations through storytelling to foster meaningful connections between Bayside students and older adults in our community.

Thursday 11 May 2023

PADSIP (Positive Ageing Digital Storytelling Inter-generational Project) is a wonderful project founded on the nurturing of meaningful relationships.

Working closely with the Wellbeing Clinic for Older Adults, Swinburne University of Technology and the Australian Institute of Intergenerational Practice (AIIP), we are proud to present this beautiful intergenerational video series showcasing Sandringham VCAL College students and senior members of the Bayside community sharing stories about the lives of the older people in their community.

The driving force behind this project is derived from Bayside community feedback collected from our Youth Resilience Survey Data and the Healthy Ageing Survey, 2022. Social connection needs were identified in the two demographic groups which inspired our short story pilot series.

The six short episodes will be released weekly from Monday 15 May (to celebrate the start of National Families Week), until the finale on 19 June.