It’s good to walk
Walthamstow health course reduces loneliness, writes Nick Bender It may or may not surprise you, but walking and exercise...
Tag: elderly
Escape through dance
Blair Academy founder Charlie Blair speaks to Sahira Raja about how she uses dance to combat loneliness Having been...
All smiles
Violaine Bailleul on the local project showing how music is good for our health The Smiling Sessions is a...
Rewarding enterprise
This year marks half-a-century since a utopian vision of retirement living was made reality in Chingford, writes George Clarke...
Bridging the age gap
The Together Project founder Louise Goulder on how a multi-generational singing group is tackling loneliness George lives in a...
Ton up for Don
In her latest column about The Mill, Helen Bigham gets ready to throw a big birthday bash The Mill...
Better together
New project aims to tackle social isolation among elderly people, writes Louise Goulden A lot of people in residential...
Care home’s closure is a worrying sign
Izzy Carpenter comments on families scrambling to find places for their loved ones Family members of residents at Aston...
Keep on smiling
In the latest in a series of interviews with Waltham Forest’s older population, Amina Ahmed meets care home resident...
No time to waste
In a new a series of interviews with Waltham Forest’s older population, Amina Ahmed meets a former bus conductor...