What your donation can achieve:
£10 could help fund a friendship visit to a lonely older person by a fully trained volunteer
£30 could help provide expert advice on social care and welfare benefits for older people or to anyone concerned about an older person's well being
£50 could fund specialist training on bereavement counselling or depression for our volunteer visitors
£250 could help recruit and train one volunteer to provide friendship visits to lonely and isolated older people
£1,000 could help recruit and train 4 volunteers to provide friendship visits to lonely older people
How your money is spent
For every £1 donation we receive:
85p is spent on advice, friendship services & campaigning
9p is spent on fundraising
6p on investment and governance
*from 2014 Annual Review
For more information about the money we raise and how we spend it read out latest annual report.
The impact of our work
Last year you helped us to transform the lives of tens of thousands of older people in the UK. See how your support is enabling older people to stay independent and live life on their own terms.
In 2015 we delivered:
434,587 Information resources distributed
29,224 calls and visits received by older people
15,903 Helpline enquiries
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