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I've heard of programs to help language learners by connecting them to elderly people who speak the language involved, e.g. by Zoom. The language learners can practice, the seniors get some good socializing that combats isolation and loneliness. I've heard of this for French, Japanese, and Portuguese- do you know of any programs that do this in Catalan?

I don't know of any programmes that are designed specifically like this, but I know that many retired people join Voluntariat per la Llengua (VxL). It's a programme where native speakers (or people with a native level) and learners sign up, and they get paired one native with one learner. Then, they meet up to practice speaking and they have discounts to go do cultural activities together (like museums, historical buildings and archaeological sites, theatre shows, magician shows, bookshops, some music festivals, etc) so they can have things to do together and talk about. The programme also gives you a lot of resources and material with ideas of conversations and images to talk about so you need to do the least amount of preparation possible. Since 2017, it's also done on Zoom so it's open to people from around the world.

However, there is another programme focused on elderly people to combat loneliness which I think is great, called "Grans teatrerus". It pairs an elderly person (over 75 years old who suffers of loneliness or is at risk of it) with a young person (aged 18-30) so they can go to the theatre together and then talk about the show (or whatever they want). So far it's only done in Barcelona, but I think it's a great idea. They're currently looking for young people for the 2024-2025 theatre season btw!