Children and staff from Knavesmire Cool Kids Club at Knavesmire Primary School collaborated on leaf designs which will be on display during the York 50+ Festival which opens next month.
They worked with the York Older People’s Assembly and York St John University’s students’ union on the designs which will be placed on large branches at the Theatre Royal during the festival.
The festival aims to shift expectations and assumptions about later life.
Tabatha Edwards, Knavesmire Cool Kids Club lead, said the collaboration was a “great opportunity for the children to be involved through art and creativity”.
“It is great that we can be involved through art, the art community is growing in York and it is something that all generations can engage in and interact with each other,” she added.
Dianne Willcocks, deputy chair of York Older People’s Assembly, said: “The 50+ Festival is both a gentle and a powerful reminder of the different ways in which older people have played and continue to play a significant role in shaping York as the city we all know and love – a place where diverse communities live, work and play together for the good of all.”
York 50+ Festival runs takes place from Saturday, September 20, to Wednesday, October 1. For more information, visit: yorkassembly.org.uk/50-festival-2025/
