We are very grateful to County Durham Community Foundation for believing in us and our vision since the very beginning. CDCF provided us with our first ever grant back in 2017 to run a ‘Silver Members Club’ specifically aimed at elderly women who needed social interaction.
The group has engaged around 50 ladies each month since then but unfortunately came to a holt when lockdown hit.
We were upset to discover just how many of these ladies lived alone without any family close by and were very concerned about the prospect of being alone without anyone to support them.
We were able to use our funds to adapt to the situation and instead of running the meeting in person we delivered activity kits every month to the silver ladies. Volunteers would talk them through the instructions and stay for a socially distanced chat in the garden.
It has meant the world to them to see a familiar face once a month and have a focus and something new to do. We are hoping to get back to in person meeting soon and can’t wait to see all our members once again!
