Heart of Tamworth Community Project (HOT) has launched a men’s group for those who are experiencing isolation and loneliness. They write: It’s now known that one of the biggest problems facing people who have retired, been bereaved, are separated or divorced, or who are living alone is the feeling of isolation and loneliness. As we get…
On Monday 19 March, different generations joined together as primary schoolchildren from St Peter’s Catholic Academy, Cobridge, joined older people for an afternoon tea dance. The students visited the Hanley Young at Heart Club, run by Father Hudson’s Care, for an event inspired by Signal 1 Radio’s Don’t Dance Alone campaign. The children and older…
Young at Heart is looking for kindhearted people from Newcastle and Stoke-on-Trent to make a difference to lonely and isolated people. The project, run by Father Hudson’s Care, tackles loneliness in older people by running social groups, excursions and activities. It has developed a new befriending scheme to reach more people in the community, especially those…