Well I’m at it again, call me crazy but I’m running the London Marathon for the second time!

Four years ago I started volunteering for Contact The Elderly http://www.contact-the-elderly.org.uk/ it’s the only national charity solely dedicated to tackling loneliness and social isolation among older people.

They organising monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for small groups of older people (aged 75+) who live alone, and volunteers within their local community, 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.

The tea parties are a real lifeline of friendship for our older members who have little or no contact with any family or friends.  They bring people of all ages together, develop fulfilling friendships and support networks, and give everyone involved something to look forward to each month.

I’m running in memory of my friend Wanda Curlewis who died last year aged 92, she was a character to say the least! Wanda was a widow with no children and all her family still lived in her home country of Germany. She had no real interaction other than our Sunday teas, where she developed a keen passion for coffee, cake and the occasion man who came within her sights! When Wanda passed away it was to everyone's piece of mine knowing that her friends from contact the elderly were with her right to the end. 

Please raise money and awareness for such a worthy cause.

 

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