Empowering Older Adults: An Exploration of Project Silverlight

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Empowering Older Adults: An Exploration of Project Silverlight

By SMU City Perspectives team

Published 18 December, 2025

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POINT OF VIEW

“The activities or programmes don't drive as much of the impact. What matters is the composition of the group, what they're interested in and whether the group itself can come to some consensus in terms of what they want to do. This allows them to build up the support network for themselves.”

Lim Wensi

Centre for Research on Successful Aging (ROSA) Centre Manager, Singapore Management University

In brief

Project Silverlight was created to empower older adults and give them the agency to run their own community engagement activities.
Intergenerational interactions benefit both older adults and the youth by giving both parties a deeper perspective and connection with each other.
It’s important to work with the local community and understand exactly what you can do to support their needs.

Methodology & References

https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/rosa_reports/22/

Inside the mind of

Having worked in SMU for the past 10 years in various departments, Lim Wensi has built up a wealth of institutional knowledge and is now helming ROSA’s operations team. Wensi keeps the research and operations team on track and coordinates the centre’s outreach efforts with external stakeholders such as the Government, Voluntary-based organisations and the Public. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Singapore Management University (SMU) and Master’s degree in Public Policy from Kings College, London.