ABSTRACT
Early childhood is a crucial time in igniting fundamental attitudes and values. The intergenerational sustainable Skills Café or Legacy Café in Liverpool, UK, aimed at bridging generations and supporting communities in understanding the importance of traditional cultures and skilled crafts that are being lost in a digitalised age. The Legacy Café was located inside a Children and Family Centre, bringing together early years’ children and their families, and some of the elderly residents that lived in the locality. The role of the elderly was to demonstrate and scaffold to young children and families the traditional cultures and skills that were important for the locality. These skills ranged from sewing, knitting, weaving, baking, to mending broken items that otherwise would have been thrown away – thus maintaining a more sustainable approach. The Legacy Café also highlighted that community activity and learning together supported all participants socially and emotionally with a holistic approach to care.
