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November 2019
Companionship Café is a big hit! It was lovely to see some new faces at the last meeting and thank you to everyone that attended. We are delighted to get involved and work alongside the team at Dean’s Garden Centre. The aim of the Café is to encourage older people to get out and socialize, make new friends and get involved with fun activities. We feel it is important to create an environment whereby people have a regular place where they can attend for companionship as loneliness can be very difficult for the elderly. Simply having a chat over a cuppa can enrich a life! A special thank you to Jim and Susan for bringing their amazing artwork to the last Companionship Café. They are two incredibly talented people and have donated money raised from their artwork from the last meeting to their daughter Charlotte, who ran on Sunday 20th October in the Yorkshire Marathon to raise money for SASH which is a registered charity preventing homelessness in young people aged 16-25 throughout North and East Yorkshire. When young people are facing homelessness, SASH can offer them a spare room in a safe and stable place to stay in the home of a trained volunteer, and support them to move forward. Come along to the next meeting, everyone that attends are greeted by our friendly Home Instead staff and CAREGivers and made to feel welcome, it’s a lovely environment and a place to make new friends! The next meeting is on Monday 11th November, so why not come along with your friends, relatives and clients and have a cuppa or you can play Dominos and Cards.
The meeting is informal and no cost apart from the refreshments you would like to purchase. Everyone that attends will be given a raffle ticket, for their chance to win a drink and a cake of their choice. The next meeting dates are:
Dates: 11th November, 9th December. Meeting Time: 10am-11.30am in the Bothy restaurant at Dean’s Garden Centre. If you would like more information call Zoe at Home Instead 01904 690884.