The Prime Minister’s Points of Light award recognises outstanding individual volunteers – people who are making a change in their community. Elisabeth and David Carney-Haworth, from Cornwall, are the founders of Silver Stories, bridging the intergenerational gap and tackling loneliness, helping children learn to read by reading to the elderly. In a personal letter to…
Silver Stories had an extensive feature on BBC Spotlight. The film showed 89 year old Betty Glanville being read Two Baby Elephants by a young Silver Reader and Joe Plant being read a poem. Silver Stories was set up four years ago and is now being launched nationwide. Dame Esther Rantzen also featured to highlight…
“Hello, my name is Robert” The magic of Silver Stories was shared recently when Channel 5 created a short piece about our work. The report features Doris, one of our Silver Listeners and Robert, a 6 year old child who is a Silver Reader. Both express their joy in taking part in Silver Stories and…
‘Silver Stories’ – Dame Esther Rantzen in The Telegraph We live in a divided nation. For once I am not lambasting politicians for this. Because I can’t blame them for the divide which I believe causes damaging pain, the gulf between generations. The fact is even the oldest and the youngest need each other. Documentaries…
Young children are helping the elderly and vulnerable cope with loneliness in a ground-breaking initiative here in the South West. In a nationwide first, six and seven year olds from Torpoint Nursery and Infant School call local pensioners under supervision, have a chat with them and then read them a short story or poem. When…