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Fundraising for Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale
£111
raised of £100 target
by 5 supporters
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Please help us raise £5760 to bring happy natters to 30 lonely, isolated and vulnerable older people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Your donation will allow us to recruit and train volunteers to ensure that no one feels all alone.

Story

Age Connects has been tackling loneliness for over 40 years and currently has 270 volunteers supporting 4,500 elderly or vulnerable people in the region. Support includes food shopping, collecting prescriptions, driving or accompanying clients to appointments or groups alongside home visits to provide a friendly face and a person to talk to. As well as raising vital funds to enable the charity to fulfil its commitment to supporting lonely, housebound people, a Natter Matters aims to highlight the importance of regular company and simple conversation.

About the campaign

Please help us raise £5760 to bring happy natters to 30 lonely, isolated and vulnerable older people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Your donation will allow us to recruit and train volunteers to ensure that no one feels all alone.

About the charity

It’s a sad reality that older people are particularly vulnerable to social isolation or loneliness owing to loss of friends and family, mobility or income. It can be a terrible and frightening experience to see no-one for days on end. Every one of us is getting older, and regardless of circumstance it is something that we will all have to contend with. Hopefully, most people have the benefit of friends and family to help them along life’s journey. Sadly, many older people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan do not have this security and are all alone facing the uncertainty that old age can often bring. They may be recovering from illness or bereavement, struggling to cope financially or cope in any one or a dozen of ways. At Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale they find practical help and advice and people who care about the challenges they face. Our local charity makes a huge difference to the lives of so many older people who have nowhere else to turn and often are vulnerable, isolated and in poverty.
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Donation summary

Total raised
£110.50
+ £27.63 Gift Aid
Online donations
£110.50
Offline donations
£0.00

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