Author: Jessica Mann
A new Football Friends programme will be launching in Hadleigh this November. Older people will have the chance to meet up through their love of football – especially West Ham United. Friends of the Elderly launched their Football Friends programme, called Any Old Irons, in 2016. Working with West Ham United Foundation, the programme helps…
In April 2018 we began a transformational partnership with The Edward Gostling Foundation, formally known as The ACT Foundation. They are matching our annual £100,000 grant fund for the next five years, taking the total fund to £1million. The funding will be available for the next five years and will be open to all older…
Elaine Lee, from Malvern, has raised over £800 for Friends of the Elderly’s Malvern care homes by bravely jumping 10,000ft out of a plane. Elaine is a manager at the Friends of the Elderly Malvern care home. She has been working in care for 20 years and celebrated her third year with Friends of the…
When Bernie was younger, he didn’t think about the impact of loneliness in later years. He had dedicated most of his life to caring for his parents whom he adored. When they passed away, Bernie was able to move out for the first time, at the age of 65. But what was supposed to be…
Our Football Friends programme called Any Old Irons, which is run in partnership with West Ham United Football Foundation, was shortlisted for Partnership of the Year at the Third Sector Awards last week. Any Old Irons was launched in 2015 to provide an opportunity, originally for local older men, to come together through their shared…