to combat the isolation of elderly people and promote careers for older people

The senior solidarity civic service unveils the results of its second barometer of intergenerational relations and launches a mobilization campaign across France, #GénérationsEnAction.

Created in 1994, civic service with the Unis-Cité association allows young people to take concrete action for society; environment, digital, solidarity, health, culture, seniors, education. Unis-Cité allows young people to be part of a positive dynamic.

To perform civic service, no diploma is required. This involves young people aged 16 to 25 acting for an average of 8 months for solidarity missions within associations and public services. Missions compensated 600 euros net per month. Registration in just a few clicks, and information sessions for a first immersion.

Created in March 2021, senior solidarity civic service was created thanks to the impetus of Unis-Cité and thanks, among other things, to the support of the Ministry of Solidarity and the Civic Service Agency. The objective of the system is to fight against the isolation of elderly people and to promote professions for older people. The senior solidarity civic service unveils the results of its 2nd barometer of intergenerational relations, and launches a mobilization campaign across France #GénérationsEnAction.

According to this barometer of intergenerational relations, 42% of young people (16-25 years old) perceive the elderly as a burden on society. Nearly 1 in 3 young people (30% of 16-25 year olds) think that seniors are not an important resource for the future of society. But paradoxically, for 83% of them, seniors are also a source of inspiration!

These two generations also share a common malaise, social isolation, 58% of young people (16-25 years old) indicate that they suffer from it, as do 33% of their elders (65 years and over). And even if there are obstacles to the relationship, they still want to create a bond between them, and think that this could be beneficial to each of them.

Baby boomers versus generation Z

Two generations in solidarity with each other or everything in opposition? According to the 2021 Barometer of the Little Brothers of the Poor “Solitude and Isolation”, more than 2 million people over 60 suffer from social isolation in France (of which more than 500,000 are in a situation of “social death”). A situation which is expected to worsen in the coming years. According to INSEE projections for 2050, more than a third of the population will be over 60, compared to one in five in 2000.

This second barometer of intergenerational relations thus focuses on how baby boomers and Generation Z view each other. What perception do they have of each other? More generally, what place for young people and the elderly in tomorrow’s society? All these questions are addressed in this new study of the senior solidarity civic service.