CtE West Midlands

Contact The Elderly have small friendship groups across the West Midlands specifically for the very elderly A simple concept where @contact_teas volunteers give up just a few hours one Sunday afternoon a month to drive or host the group 🖥 contact-the-elderly.org.uk 📞 0800 716543

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Looking for a way to get back together with your community? A Get Together is the perfect place to do it. Find out if there's an event near you. And if not - why not start one! buff.ly/2Lw5ymY

@MrAndyParsons @EndLonelinessUK Brilliant Andy #LetsTalkMore

@TheICG @MrAndyParsons Hehe. Thanks! Our favourite bit! #LetsTalkMore

Almost half of UK adults say that their busy lives stop them from connecting with other people. Let's change that. #LetsTalkMore. Excited to share our new #BeMoreUs video featuring @MrAndyParsons. Together, we can #EndLoneliness

When people get together, they can put aside their differences and celebrate having #MoreInCommon. Sign up to host a #GreatGetTogether and join the movement strengthening communities: buff.ly/2XWgfBf

We are looking to develop a number of groups across #Wales to support older people living in rural areas who are particularly vulnerable to social isolation. Find out how you can get involved here: contact-the-elderly.org.uk/become-a-volun…

@EricBold3 Thanks Liz - it’s been fabulous working with you all at @WVSocialPres & @WolvesVSC. What a supportive team you’ve all been 😊

@CtEWestMidlands Sad to hear you're leaving Kath. We will miss you at WV Social Prescribing. Hope that you are moving onto something equally inspiring. All the best Liz

I’m starting my last week in this role. My sincere thanks to all the individuals, organisations & especially our West Midlands Contact The Elderly volunteers, across the region & here on Twitter, who have made my job over the last couple of years really special - Kath Davies.

@carlykins1 Thanks Carly, it’s been great working with you over the past year or so. Thank you very much ☺️

@CtEWestMidlands Wishing you lots of luck in your new role. You’ll be awesome! Will definitely be missed by us all! x

@SianAnwylEvans Thanks Sian - been great having you on board. You’re a star 🌟

From Sheila who's volunteered for Contact the Elderly for 53 years, to an idea that's spawned a number of projects to help homeless people, take a look at these inspiring volunteering stories and make sure you share your own volunteersweek.org/volunteering-s… #VolunteersWeek

The NHS has pledged to create ‘an army’ of 1,000 social prescribers in a bid to help patients lead fitter, healthier lives and combat increasingly common physical and mental health conditions. What is #socialprescribing? bma.org.uk/news/2019/apri…

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson #FridayMotivation #TheFriendlyBench

After watching #dementiachoir wanted to post this... when my granny was really struggling with vascular dementia.. how chuffed she is about remembering all the words ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Many of our @contact_teas friendship group guests grew up at tea dances where singing & dancing with friends was commonplace. Some of our volunteers try & make it possible for them to do so again. #InternationalDanceDay

82% of people wish the UK was more united - so let's make it happen! This year we are taking part in the Great Get Together and are encouraging our groups across the UK to help communities #GetBackTogether and register to host an event in June. Join us: greatgettogether.org/how-to/?utm_so…

Do you have elderly neighbours? Please take time to say hello, get to know them, check in regularly. We're all so busy, but this is important. My 82-year-old neighbour Dudley says, besides us, the only contact he has with the outside world is TV. Loneliness affects all ages.