The generation conflict has no chance here: “Points4-Action” brings young and old together in Frohnleiten.
The generation conflict has no chance in Frohnleiten: As the only municipality in Graz-Umgebung Nord, the municipality has participated in the “Points4Action” project since the kick-off on Monday.
Points for good deeds
Differences are known to attract. Because even if the interests, living conditions and ideas of young and older generations differ, they can still learn a lot from each other. The “Points4Action” project – an initiative of LOGO youth management, which has already successfully established itself in Graz – aims to create encounters, to give young people incentives to get involved in social institutions, and to give older people the opportunity, perhaps even more to learn something. On the one hand, valuable time should be invested in the community, and on the other hand, loneliness is counteracted. “The liveliness of the youth allows older people to flourish and is a wonderful change from their everyday life,” says Bernadette Pirker from LOGO youth management.
As a token of appreciation, those 13 to 19 year olds who take part receive points that are stuck on a passport. The points can in turn be redeemed at partner companies like money. In other words, whoever helps with reading or shopping, who spends games and singing afternoons together or who supports the elderly with new technology, can then reward themselves again in the cinema, restaurant, bookstore, driving school or leisure facility.
Eight young people there
There are no costs for care facilities and the elderly. The campaign is financed by the state of Styria and the municipalities themselves. Frohnleiten is now a GU-Nord municipality, children and young people collect points in the Volkshilfe senior center and redeem them in the water park, the tavernetta or the Flößl café. Deputy Mayor Hannes Pirstinger welcomed the guests present, including the town council members, Volkshilfe, the employees of the youth center and the first eight young people who have already registered for the initial workshop. Here you can get all the information you need. The presentation of the facilities by a contact person is a quality feature of the workshops – here the youth management mediates. The aim is to give the young people a personal and direct insight into the facilities.
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