On the 31st of August and the 2nd of September took place the intergenerational cooking workshop organised by the Urbact: Volunteering Cities group, project wherein different departments of the Municipalityof Altea such as Youth, European projects, Citizen participation and Social Welfare participated. The Corazón Exprés, Cruz Roja y DeAmicitia associations also participated.
The Urbact cooking workshop, which was free of charge for assistants, had the objective of enhancing the relationships between the youngsters and elderly of the municipality starting with a cooking workshop where they were supposed to prepare two main dishes and two desserts. The activity has been guided by a professional cook.
The young participants were aged between 12 y 16 years old, while the elderly were aged between 60 and 75 years old.
The workshops were carried out by following safety rules and they had a satisfactory result. The realisation of more workshops that would promote intergenerationality is expected.
