Volunteers Needed To Improve The Lives Of Lonely Older People In Beverley

Volunteers Needed To Improve The Lives Of Lonely Older People In Beverley

, the charity solely dedicated to tackling loneliness and isolation among older , is urgently appealing for volunteers living in Beverley to spare just a few hours a month to help run its local tea parties – and enjoy a cuppa and a cake themselves!

The charity aims to relieve the acute loneliness of isolated older people, aged 75 and above, who live alone, by organising free monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for small groups within local communities – providing a regular and vital friendship link every month. Each older guest is collected from their home by a volunteer driver, and is taken to a volunteer host’s home, where they join a small group for tea, chat and companionship.

Contact the Elderly runs a popular group in Beverley but in order to ensure that it continues to thrive, the charity is making an appeal for a coordinator who would be able to help organise the tea parties and liaise with the older guests and volunteers to ensure everything runs smoothly every month. Furthermore, the coordinator must be able to drive one or two older guests to the tea parties one Sunday a month, or host an afternoon tea party once or twice a year.

Contact the Elderly’s Yorkshire Development Officer, Chloe Smee, said:

“The charity is committed to offering a lifeline of friendship to the oldest and loneliest people in Beverley, but we are looking for a group coordinator to ensure the tea parties continue to run successfully.”

“The coordinator role only involves a little extra regular commitment each month in addition to the tea party outings which everyone really enjoys! So I’m calling for anyone who is interested in giving something back to their community to please get in touch with me as soon as possible.”

Beverley residents interested in volunteering for Contact the Elderly can contact Chloe Smee. Yorkshire Development Officer on 01904379832 or email chloe.smee@contact-the-elderly.org.uk



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  1. Good luck to them, it can be lonely and elderly people aqre not now respected, in fact they often get abuse!

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