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About LEGENDS

About

LEGENDS will unite older adults and youth in a place-based storytelling project that links digital literacy to local heritage.

Participants engage in local photo outings, digital storytelling, and the creation of an online cultural map. In bridging age divides and empowering seniors’ online capabilities, the project will preserve heritage, promote volunteerism, and build inclusive learning communities.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES

LEGENDS aims to reduce older adults’ digital isolation, foster intergenerational cooperation, and strengthen adult educators’ skills.
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Enhance Older Adults’ Digital Competences
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Foster Intergenerational Engagement
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Strengthen Adult Educators’ Competences
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Promote Sustainability and Cultural Preservation

Outputs

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Enhance Older Adults’Trainers’ toolkit for digital literacy and photo outings Digital Competences
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Intergenerational workshops producing a shared cultural map
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An online repository of stories and resources
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A local cultural map

Methodology

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LEGENDS wishes to incorporate an intergenerational learning approach to focus on mutual exchange and respect between generations. It is tech-integrated, as it aims to enhance older adults’ digital skills and it incorporates participatory and active learning with hands-on, self-directed learning connected to their lives.

Partners

Anziani e non solo societa cooperative sociale
anzianienonsolo

Anziani e Non Solo is a non-profit organization working since 2004 in the field of social innovation, with a specific focus on management of projects and realization of services and products in the field of welfare and social inclusion. The activities carried out by ANS concern:

  • Training and support to family careers, informal and formal careers;
  • Active ageing, intergenerational activities and support to frail and dependent elderly;
  • Prevention of gender based violence, elder abuse and discrimination;
  • Fight against poverty, support to employability and to social inclusion of disadvantaged groups.
ARTIT
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ARTIT is a Software as a Service (SaaS) arts and culture organization built on the conviction that art is a transformative educational force, one that unlocks self-expression and catalyzes meaningful change. By fusing creativity with learning, ARTIT reimagines how we confront today's most pressing global challenges, turning artistic practice into a vehicle for awareness, dialogue, and action. At its core, ARTIT functions as a dynamic opportunity hub, connecting, supporting, and rewarding visual artists from around the world. Through digital portfolios and access to international exhibitions, residencies, and collaborations, the platform serves thousands of artists, empowering them to expand their reach and amplify their voices on a global stage.

KMOP Policy Center
KMOP Policy Center

KMOP-Social Action and Innovation Centre was founded in Greece, in 1977, with the aim of combating poverty, strengthening social cohesion, and protecting fundamental human rights. In recent years, alongside these core goals, KMOP has increasingly focused on the emerging challenges faced by modern societies, such as social isolation, inequalities, sustainable development, demographic ageing, and the risks posed by artificial intelligence.

Institute of Development
INSTITUTE of DEVELOPMENT

The Institute of Development (IoD) was established in 2003 with a vision to improve wellbeing and achieve optimal human functioning through continuous personal and professional development. Its mission is to empower individuals, organisations, and communities to flourish through evidence-based methods, including the principles of Positive Psychology, character education, soft skills development, emotional intelligence and compassion.

People Behind
People-Behind

People Behind is a non-profit organization, founded in 2017 in Athens, Greece that works for a society for all ages, a world where no one is left behind. Our mission is to empower and activate older women and men in Greece. We work under 3 main pillars:

  • Older people rights, with main focus on combating gender-based violence, raising public awareness on the issue of gender discrimination as well as empowering older women in Greece.
  • Active Ageing, with focus on promoting life-long learning, through either digital or live workshops. Participants create a great community that shares life stories, skills and experiences.
  • Digital inclusion, with focus on digital education of older people to introduce older people to the digital environment of social media platforms, e-banking and governmental e-services.