What we did – 5 April 2019
Forty people were at Whitmore Community Centre. Our regular volunteers were helped by four brilliant volunteers from Sidley Austin (via Benefacto).
Year: 2019
Goodbye Gene
Volunteer Gene has gone back to the USA 🙁
Gene was with us nearly every Friday afternoon for the last six months — one of the best.
What we did – 22 March 2019
Full and very busy. Six volunteers from Financial Conduct Authority (via Benefacto) helped our regular volunteer team deliver more than 30 success stories.
Plus photo gallery. Read more “What we did – 22 March 2019”
Plus photo gallery. Read more “What we did – 22 March 2019”
What we did – 15 March 2019
We were full again. Volunteer Mike arrived with six laptops donated by his employer RKH Specialty. We hope to have them set up for the session next week.
As usual, we depended very much on our regular volunteers – Gene, Margaret and Tom were in today
Social media, loneliness, older people
Loneliness, social media and friendship
Some results from the BBC survey –
A year ago, we encouraged everybody to take part in the BBC Loneliness Experiment. The BBC reported back in January, and you can listen to the results as a podcast at …
- Health Check Loneliness Part 1
“How does social media and friendship influence the development of loneliness?
What we did – 8 March 2019
As usual, both spaces were full ten minutes after opening. 35 people received or contributed help during the afternoon — 35 stories that we didn’t have time to capture, but there will be just as many next week. Of course, we could not have done it without volunteers Gene, Margaret, Nick and Tom. Read more “What we did – 8 March 2019”
What we did – 8 February 2019
Horrible weather outside, but it’s always sunny inside Whitmore Community Centre on Friday afternoon — so we were full. Special thanks for a great afternoon — to volunteers Paul, Chris, Adam and Ashraf from Financial Conduct Authority via Benefacto – plus regular volunteers Gene, Margaret, Stephen and Tom. Read more “What we did – 8 February 2019”
Irene and Patricia nominated for top 100 Hackney women
Reported in Hackney Today 28 January 2019 — Over 100 Hackney women were nominated for making a difference to the borough — two of the front-runners are drop-in stalwarts Irene Lewington and Patricia Sim, who both make a massive difference to our Friday afternoons. Read more “Irene and Patricia nominated for top 100 Hackney women”
BBC – “The woman who spends her nights on a London bus”
Read more “BBC – “The woman who spends her nights on a London bus””A woman who lives in sheltered accommodation spends several nights every week riding on London’s night buses in order to meet people. Carol says nobody speaks to her when she is at home so she goes looking for company on public transport.