Friends of the Elderly

Increasingly, issues affecting older people are making the news. From pensions to heating bills; from health to isolation. If you would like to know more about our work, please contact our Press Office on T. 020 7730 8263.

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Thursday 5 October 2006
HRH Princess Alexandra visits The Old Vicarage care home
Friends of the Elderly residents at The Old Vicarage care home in Moulsford, Oxfordshire had a royal visitor when Princess Alexandra toured the home.Click here to read more
Friday 14 July 2006
Friends of the Elderly’s annual Kensington Garden Party
Friends of the Elderly’s annual Kensington Garden Party took place on Thursday 13th July 2006 in the hidden, Tudor-walled Vicarage Garden of St. Mary Abbots Church in Kensington, kindly offered to us by the Reverend Gillean Craig. Click here to read more
Friday 7 July 2006
Building begins on new £1.5 M centre for people with dementia in Woking
Charity, Friends of the Elderly has begun building a new £1.5 million resource centre for older people with dementia in Woking, Surrey.Click here to read more
Monday 19 June 2006
The Kensington Garden Party
Summer is on its way with Friends of the Elderly's annual Kensington Garden Party taking place on Thursday 13th July 2006 in the hidden, Tudor-walled Vicarage Garden of St. Mary Abbots Church in Kensington, kindly offered to us by the Reverend Gillean Craig.Click here to read more
Thursday 1 June 2006
Top legal powerhouse pedals for the elderly
Premier City law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner this year nominated charity Friends of the Elderly as its UK charity of the year, kicking off a fundraising target of over £ 30,000 with 40 staff volunteering to cycle hundreds of kilometres from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Reims.Click here to read more
Sunday 21 May 2006
£100,000 grants to assist Friends of the Elderly support older people live at home
The charity, Friends of the Elderly has been pledged over £100,000 in two Trust grants to continue supporting older people to live in their own homes.Click here to read more
Friday 28 April 2006
Friends of the Elderly sends handmade wishes for The Queen’s 80th birthday
Residents, day club members, service users, staff and volunteers across Friends of the Elderly’s services have created a commemorative book of handwritten tribute messages, to be presented to Her Majesty The Queen on the occasion of her 80th birthday taking place on 21st of April this year.Click here to read more
Tuesday 28 March 2006
Government’s Wishful Thinking Won’t Fund Future Choices For Older People
The charity Friends of the Elderly is today calling for this government to replace its ‘wishful thinking’ approach to old age provision with an honest debate about funding real choice for older people; choice that can allow older people either to stay in their own home or opt for some form of supported living or residential care without the financial hardship this often entails.Click here to read more
Saturday 18 March 2006
Music And Mozart Come To Malvern
A Salzburg couple will bring the music of Mozart to life in Malvern to celebrate the composer’s bicentenary and raise much needed funds for local charity, Friends of the Elderly.Click here to read more
Thursday 26 January 2006
Go the extra 10K - Run for Friends of the Elderly
Friends of the Elderly is challenging people to not just go the extra mile, but to go 10 kilometres and take part in the British 10K London Run on Sunday 2nd July 2006 and make a huge difference to the lives of older people.Click here to read more
Tuesday 3 January 2006
Friends of the Elderly to manage North London residential care home
The Sir Thomas Lipton Memorial Home, Osidge in Southgate, will now be managed by national charity group, Friends of the Elderly, as part of a service level agreement. This takes the number of care homes which the group owns and manages to seventeen.Click here to read more

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