Contact the Elderly
Contact: Liz Morgan
Tel: 01938 810635
Email: elizabeth.morgan@contact-the-elderly.org.uk
The
St Martins/Oswestry Contact the Elderly group is very popular. The group holds
monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for elderly people who live alone.
Volunteer drivers pick up the guests and take them along to the home of a
volunteer host where they all enjoy afternoon tea and a chat. The
group is going very well, but desperately needs some help with the driving. As
a driver you will pick up one or two older people and take them along to the
hosts home where you can then enjoy afternoon tea with them. The hosts live
around the St Martins and Oswestry area. It takes just a few hours, once a
month and makes such a difference to people who would otherwise be stuck at
home, looking at the same four walls. If
you would like to know more about it, please do give me a ring, Liz Morgan, on
01938 810635 or email elizabeth.morgan@contact-the-elderly.org.uk
Please could I say a huge to thank you to those of
you who have offered to host a tea party for the Contact the Elderly group. You
have been wonderful, and have saved this group. Thank you so much.
I would like to add another plea if that’s
okay. The group is very short of drivers, and we would be very grateful if
anyone can help out.
As a driver, you would be using your own car to pick
up two or three older people. You would then go along with them to the tea
party, and enjoy the afternoon with them, before taking them home. It helps a
lot if you enjoy tea and home-made cakes, as there are usually plenty on offer.
Tea parties take place once a month on a Sunday afternoon in the homes of volunteer hosts who live around the St Martin ’s and Oswestry area.
If you would like to know more, I’d be very happy to talk to you. Alternatively, you can ask anyone who is involved with the group.
My contact details are
Liz Morgan
Tel: 01938 810635
Email: elizabeth.morgan@contact-the-elderly.org.uk