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To celebrate the launch of a new Football Friends programme, longstanding QPR fans got together on 16 January at the Loftus Road Stadium to meet QPR legends Andy Sinton, Mark Lazarus and Ian Gillard. Attendees enjoyed lunch and refreshments, followed by a talk with the ex-players. They shared memories from their successful football careers, including…
Our Retired Nurses National Home (RNNH) in Bournemouth welcomed fifteen children aged four and five from St Walburga’s Catholic Primary School last week. This marked the first in a series of visits to the care home to encourage intergenerational socialising. The children spent the session with the care home residents making a friendship wreath by…
We would like to extend a massive THANK YOU to all of our care teams and volunteers who helped to make Christmas a special time for our residents and clients. In our homes and services there were Christmas parties, festive entertainments, shopping outings, visits from school children and at The Lawn, a special appearance by…
Megan Bradley, aged 22, from Malvern has been selected to represent Friends of the Elderly at the 2018 London Marathon. Since the age of 16, Megan has been volunteering for Friends of the Elderly at our day care services in Malvern and Kidderminster. Megan’s mother, Shirley, is the manager of our day care services in…
An Autumnal day mid October saw a group of Any Old Irons take part in something extremely festive for The One Show, donning their Christmas hats and tinsel… Any Old Irons is part of Football Friends, a programme run jointly by Friends of the Elderly and West Ham United Foundation, to bring together older supporters…