Time after Time is a community project for schools across Bath & North East Somerset. Its aim is to reach across generations, bringing together young and old through singing and other related age-awareness and intergenerational activities. The project is organised by the Golden-Oldies Charity and invites schools from Bath and North East Somerset to take part in the activities listed below or to select their own individual projects based on the Time after Time theme.

The project will culminate in a week of events between Saturday October 2nd and Friday October 9th 2010.

On Saturday October 2nd the Bath Pavilion in the centre of the City will host the launch day of the Time after Time celebration from 10am. Free transport will bring the elderly to the Pavilion where there will be school displays, music, drama and much more. Organisations such as the Police and Fire Brigade will take part as well as other organisations who work with the elderly.

Agencies and organisations that support the elderly across Bath & North East Somerset are invited to take part and showcase their services. To get involved please contact Joy Fraser, the Time after Time Project Manager.

If you are a school teacher reading this we hope that YOUR school will engage in this unique Community Cohesion Project.

Schools are encouraged to think about intergenerational projects and activities. These can run throughout the year, culminating in the Time after Time celebration week. An example: Your school could choose a photographic memory project, working with a group of elderly people from your community. The end product could then form a display in the Bath Pavilion on Saturday October 2nd. You then might hold an open day during the Time after Time week inviting parents and grandparents as well as other senior citizens into school. This might include some music making.

Time after Time is led by a working party which includes representatives from education, the media, business, and age-related charities and agencies. Joy Fraser is the Project Manager for Time after Time. Joy will be available to liaise with schools to provide support and advice should you wish your school to be involved. Please contact Joy here or call 01761 470006.

Monday March 22nd was the date that the Time after Time project was launched at St Gregory’s Catholic College, Bath. Goldies founder Grenville Jones was at the school to lead 800 pupils and 50 Goldies, who attend the nearby Monday singing session at Blagdon Park, in a all-singing assembly.

Time after Time invites all schools in Bath and North East Somerset to open their doors to the not so young in their communities. Click here to find out more about the project with suggestions for ways that schools can sign up or call 01761 470006 to get an information leaflet.

The lead Time after Time sponsor is Tesco with additional support from Bath & North East Somerset Council and the Charter Trustees of the City of Bath. Our picture above shows St Gregory's Head Girl Emer Heatley and Head Boy Tim Swabey at the launch of Time after Time at St Gregory’s Catholic College, Bath on March 22nd.

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For more information or to get involved please contact Grenville Jones, Joy Fraser or Abby Rakes on 01761 470006

Suggested projects for your school - but all ideas are welcome!

• An art project inciting elderly residents (or relatives of your school pupils) to the school who will sit for portraits.
• The changing face of fashion.
• How your area has changed photos, memories or artefacts from the past.
• Partner a local home for the elderly or a nearby Goldies singing group.
• Drama in your school Research, write and stage a short play or musical based on a theme from life in the forties, fifties or sixties. The best productions could be performed during Time after Time week.
• School dinners then and now – what about nutrition?
• 50 Years on make a documentary on the theme of 'then and now'.
• Make and Mend Encourage the elderly to work with the children on sewing projects which could be displayed at the pavilion.
• Let’s Dance the dances of the 50s and 60s and the dance music of today.

Top of those Pops!

The Golden-Oldies singing sessions across the area are based on the popular songs of the fifties, sixties and seventies. As part of the Time after Time project, senior schools are invited to create their own pop group. They will select two pop songs from a UK hit parade of this period. Each group will perform on stage in an early evening show at the Pavilion on Oct 2nd when judging will take place. Dress and dance may be used to illustrate the Top of the Pops theme. There will be a prizes for the top bands which will be awarded to their school music department. Contact Grenville Jones or call 01761 470006 to get involved.

What happens in October?

Time after Time week will kick off on Saturday October 2nd with a free celebration day and exhibition in the Bath Pavilion. From 10 am, there will be singing, entertainment and displays of completed Time after Time schools projects throughout the day. Community buses will bring in senior citizens from across B&NES and everyone will be welcome to attend. The afternoon will see the judging and finals of the Time after Time Top Pops competition and at 4pm the event will conclude with a concert to include the winning ‘Top of Those Pops’ bands.
On Sunday October 3rd Bath Spa University music students will invite the elderly from across B&NES to a free entry day of live music and workshops from 10am to 4 pm.

Supporting Time after Time

Time after Time seeks to bring the young and the not so young together. It is supported by Awards for All Big Lottery Funding, Tesco, Bath & North East Somerset Council and the City of Bath Charter Trustees.

The Working Party leading this Project is;

• Juliette Bishop, Tesco
• Sam Holliday, Editor, Bath Chronicle
• Stephanie Marshall, Editor, BBC Points West
• Cllr Paul Crossley, Leader of Liberal Democrat Group, B&NES Council
• David Lawrence, Director Leisure, Tourism and Culture, B&NES Council
• Raymond Friel, Head Teacher, St Gregory’s Catholic College
• Katherine Schofield, Deputy Head Teacher, Combe Down Primary School
• Harriet Bosnell, Older Persons Accommodation & Support Service, Somer Community Housing Trust
• Janet Dabbs, Chief Officer, Age Concern
• Joe Bennett, Head of Department of Music, School of Music & Performing Arts, Bath Spa University
• Charles Wiffen, Course Director, BA Music, Bath Spa University
• Norma Bishton, Trustee, Golden Oldies
• Grenville Jones, Founder, Golden Oldies

Current Projects

Pictured below (left) are the Broadlands School entry for the Top of Those Pops competition which will be held at the Bath Pavilion on Saturday 2nd October.
Pictured below (right) are some children from Midsomer Norton County Primary School being taught how to knit.