Five leading Christian Charities have come together to encourage churches to play a major role in the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness and its focus on older people between 21st March and 23rd April 2017. Under the slogan âStart a Conversationâ, they would like to mobilise Christians to help...
Terry’s Story In 2001, I met a man (aged around 65) called Terry who quickly had a profound effect on my personal and work outlook on life. At the time, I was Community Development Worker at Woodley Baptist Church in Berkshire, and a local social worker had asked if we could visit a...
On 7th March 2017, we registered our latest Linking Lives project which is situated in north west Leicester. New Parks Methodist Church recognised the need for support for isolated older people and approached us about setting up a befriending scheme in May 2016. They then attended a training event...
A small church operating a multi-generational community centre in Kidderminster The outreach to older people at the Simply Limitless centre started with a fitness class for over 60s. Realising the extent of the need for social contact in their area, the team asked themselves how they could...