Latest Bristol group opens

Contact the Elderly’s sixth Bristol group opened on Mother’s Day, Sunday 18th March, with seven older guests and volunteers coming together for their very first tea party.

All the guests and volunteers of the North West Bristol group had a lovely afternoon, as you can see from the photographs. One of the guests said: “It’s brilliant to get out and meet new people as I don’t have the opportunity to get out of my house.”

Unfortunately one of the guests wasn’t able to attend, as they weren’t feeling well – however, the group is looking forward to welcoming them at the April tea party.

Thanks to everyone involved in starting up the new group.

Contact the Elderly is the only national charity solely dedicated to tackling loneliness and social isolation among older people.

We aim to do this by organising monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for small groups of older people (aged 75+) who live alone, and volunteers within their local community, offering a regular and vital friendship link every month.

Each older person is collected from their home by a volunteer driver and taken to a volunteer host’s home for the afternoon. The group is warmly welcomed by a different host each month, but the drivers remain the same which means that over the months and years, acquaintances turn into friends and loneliness is replaced by companionship.