The Platform
The Platform
1 October 2021 / Organization
ANTAMA which means “TOGETHER”, is a Social Cooperative Enterprise founded in June 2020. At the end of 2019, the co-founder of ANTAMA, Sofia Pattakou, with her parents and loved ones already in their 70s, felt the need to create an organization that would implement activities, aiming to empower people aged 65+, cultivate intergenerational connection/ interaction and endorse active ageing, through physical participation, initially in the Attiki region. The Covid pandemic changed everything and up to now, the organizations has: launched an on-line intergenerational activity, named WISE2GETHER, where our volunteers, people aged 65+ take the lead and provide advice to younger correspondents on a variety of topics; ran an on-line survey at 140 people aged 18-45, in order to get information about their relationships and beliefs towards people aged 65+; implemented an on-line intergenerational activity together with the Hellenic Children's Museum in spring, where people aged 4-15 and 65+ were invited to dedicate a drawing, painting or writing to their beloved one (younger to older and vice versa); and is preparing 2 intergenerational activities for October (one being an ‘’Intergenerational Festive Day’’ together with the Hellenic Society for the Study & Research of AGING). ANTAMA aims to create synergies and work close with Institutions and other organisations, so as to pinpoint significant issues, and raise voices in the benefit of older people.
ANTAMA’s objectives are: (1) to bridge the gap between generations, through the implementation of intergenerational, cultural, and educational activities, that will connect people aged 65+ with peers and younger people, (2) to empower people aged 65+, through programs that give them reasons to remain mentally, physically and sentimentally active, (3) to awaken the public about the existence of ageism and its impact on the quality of human lives , as well as to diminish stereotypes and strengthen the power and voice of people 65+ through activities and awareness campaigns and thus contribute to a society that is inclusive and, at the same time, more open to all.
Combatting Ageism
Greece
Civil Society Organization
empowerment, intergenerational, inclusion, advocacy, connection, synergy