Sit and Sip with a Senior Cit

27/09/2019

HAPPY NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOUR DAY!

Throughout our campaign we have shared ways you could get involved. So make sure to take the time today to sip, sit and connect with a senior cit in your life!

And keep on connecting — not just on Good Neighbour Day but all year round!

For more info head to: https://Connect2Affect.org

23/09/2019

Only 5 days until Good Neighbour Day! Do your bit this week and be a 'Good Neighbour'. Go and sit down, have a cup of tea or a beer with a senior citizen. We can guarantee you will get just as much out of it as they will. Share this post and help convince your friends to do the same.

20/09/2019

Listen to Sally share her experience with loneliness in a rural area. She describes it as a feeling that if something happened, nobody would know and nobody would care. If you live in a remote area, it is important you check in on your elderly. Do your bit to combat social isolation in our elderly. Be a Good Neighbour on the 28th September. Tag a mate in this post and

In 2014, the Campaign to End Loneliness asked four people give their views on loneliness in older age. They discuss the influence that different communities ...

18/09/2019

What a great initiative!

Cadbury Dairy Milk has partnered with Age UK to launch a new campaign, 'Donate Your Words', in order to address loneliness among older people. Cadbury has ‘donated the words’ from their Dairy Milk bars in the hopes that it will encourage people to ‘donate their words’ too. It supports the notion that when people can commit to everyday actions such as checking in on an older neighbour, calling an older relative for a chat or getting involved with organisations like Age UK, they can make a real difference to the lives of older people in their communities.

The campaign also sees Cadbury donating 30p from each sale being donated to Age UK to help provide vital services & support when older people need it most.

There's a crisis in the UK. 1.4 million older people struggle with loneliness. 225,000 often go a whole week without speaking to anyone. Cadbury are donating...

16/09/2019

Worth the watch! Another great idea to help combat social isolation within this population group!

16/09/2019

What are you doing to make a difference? A friend of ours recently connected with us to share an experience she had at a bus stop. Waiting for the bus to arrive, she was in the middle of putting in her earphones before she noticed an older man sitting alone beside her. With this campaign in mind she sparked up a conversation. When sharing this story with us she explained how much she got out of the chat, finding out this man experienced the holocaust first hand. A story that our friend has been lucky enough to hear from a member of a generation that will one day not be here to share their experiences.

13/09/2019

For those of us who may not have family we can sip and sit with, why not share a cuppa with your neighbour?

You may have lived on the same street for years but how much do you really know about them? They may be finding it difficult to get out of the house or may not have much family either.
A simple hello could change their life and yours!

12/09/2019

R U OK?
Today is an awareness day to trust the signs, start up a conversation and ask R U OK?
This is an important message that could save someone’s life.
For more information head to www.ruok.org.au

11/09/2019

For some of us our family may live a fair distance away. This doesn’t have to be a barrier to connecting with them. Facetime calls are an easy way to put a smile on your grandparents face and connecting with them.

09/09/2019

Are you wondering what you can actually do reduce the social isolation in Australia's older population? Why not go share a cup of tea with your grandparents more often? They’ve got a whole life times worth of stories and knowledge to share!

07/09/2019

Do a little bit extra and connect with the elderly community by volunteering with the Red Cross. The Red Cross have many opportunities for connection. Find out more at https://www.redcross.org.au/get-involved/connect/volunteer.