Do you have an elderly friend or relative who’d enjoy a monthly trip out to meet new people and eat cake? Contact the Elderly are currently running free monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for small groups of older people, aged 75 and over, who live alone.
Contact the Elderly is the only national charity solely dedicated to tackling loneliness and social isolation among older people through face to face contact.
Supported by a network of volunteers, the charity organises free monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for small groups of older people, aged 75 and over, who live alone. Offering a regular and vital friendship link every month.
Each older person is collected from their home by a volunteer driver and taken to a volunteer host’s home for the afternoon. The group is warmly welcomed by a different host each month, but the drivers remain the same which means that over the months and years, acquaintances turn into friends and loneliness is replaced by companionship.
Our tea parties are a real lifeline of friendship for our older guests who have little or no contact with family or friends. They bring people of all ages together, develop fulfilling friendships and support networks, while giving everyone involved something to look forward to each month.
For more information or to join your their Edinburgh group contact Jennifer Kaney at jennifer.kaney@contact-the-elderly.org.uk or 01786 235034.
