Classmates, not patients
Encore begins with curiosity, humour and everything a person still wants to experience—not a list of things they need help with.
A 12-week experience for adults 55+
Your second bell is ringing.
A school for people who are still becoming.
Meet new classmates. Laugh loudly. Tell the stories you have carried. Learn, teach, create—and experience life as a participant again.
No lectures from the sidelines.
A small cohort that learns by living it together.
This weekPlay Again
The class is gatheringCuriosity has no age limit
A different starting point
Most products for older adults see a patient, a dependent or someone waiting for assistance.
So we changed the question.
What if they were simply classmates?
People with curiosity, humour, opinions, unfinished plans and something worth sharing. Encore is a place to meet new connections instead of only missing the old ones.
Life, with the chairs pulled closer
Designed around dignity,
delight and contribution.
Not therapy disguised as community. Not passive entertainment. A warm, structured reason to look forward to the week.
Participation, not content
Every week invites members to speak, play, make, teach and show up for one another. The people are the experience.
A journey, not a feed
A thoughtful 12-week arc creates anticipation, shared memories and the possibility of friendships that continue after graduation.
One shared laughcan make a room feel like a class.
What Encore feels like
Less “how are you coping?” More “you won’t believe what happened in class.”
Members arrive as individuals and gradually become a class: familiar faces, private jokes, honest conversations and people who notice when you are missing.
- Live, hosted sessions with a small cohort
- Playful tasks between classes
- Space to speak—and space to simply listen
- A final graduation built from shared memories
The 12-week arc
Twelve bells.
One unforgettable class.
Each week opens a different door—from first introductions to honest expression, courage, friendship and the future.
First Bell
Meeting your classmates
Play Again
Humour, games and letting go
Stories We Carry
Honest expression
Make Something
Creativity without judgement
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Music and memories
Teach the Class
Everyone knows something worth sharing
Try Something New
Small acts of courage
Friendship Week
Listening and showing up
Curiosity Week
Questions we never stopped asking
Kindness in Action
Doing something for someone else
Still Becoming
Dreams and future plans
Graduation
Memory Lane and what happens next
A note from the principal's office
Meet Shifi.
She runs the school a little differently.
Shifi is Encore's unseen, mischievous principal. She does not believe anyone graduates from curiosity. She assigns unusual tasks, interrupts predictable days and occasionally insists that the serious business of living includes play.
— The Principal
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You are not here to become who you were. You are here to discover who you still might be.
SSHIFI
ENCORE
ENCORE
The founding belief
New connections instead of only missing the old ones.
Minds that understand you instead of dismissing you as outdated. Fun activities instead of another afternoon on the couch. A place to express what you feel, share what you know and perhaps leave with a few lifelong bonds.
The founding cohort will be personally operated by Shifi's founder, with every week shaped around the people who enter the room.
The first class is taking shape
Your second bell
is ringing.
Encore is preparing its founding 12-week cohort. Come as you are. Bring a story, a question, or simply your curiosity.
Raise your hand → Founding cohort details will be announced soon.