Episode 8 - Mark Silver - Intergenerational Story Work in Australia

Today's episode is a talk with Mark Silver—social worker, longtime co-coordinator of the Wellbeing Clinic for Older Adults at Swinburne, and one of the steady hands shaping intergenerational story work in Australia. Mark helped found PADSIP back in 2007—the Positive Ageing Digital Storytelling Intergenerational Program—which pairs older adults with students to co-create short, first-person digital stories. What began in Melbourne has since popped up with community groups, schools, and aged-care homes across the city and out into regional Victoria. It’s simple on the surface—two people trading life experience and media skills—but the outcomes are big: belonging, respect, and a little more light in the room for everyone.