Companionship Cafe

Our lovely volunteers are always on hand to greet attendees, who are made to feel comfortable with a cup of tea. It has been wonderful to see regular and new faces engaging in chit chat and building up relationships. The aim of the café is to bring older people together in the community, who may feel isolated, lonely, or simply in need of some fun activities to participate in.  Anyone is welcome, and the bonus is, that it is completely free.

Each session is themed and there is always a quiz to join in, attendees, get into small groups for the quiz. This week’s quiz was on the 1940’s – participants love our quizzes and are led by our very own quizmaster, Bob, who attends the café regularly.

We had a wonderful volunteer who gave a very interesting talk on all his war memorabilia, which were on view and passed around for all to see – It was wonderful to see who remembered the significant dates in time. They all enjoyed talking about the past and this prompted the group to engage in telling their own stories about the War.

Refreshments are always a big part of the café – a nice cup of tea with a jam tart – made by one of very own volunteers went down a treat, and very in keeping with the 1940’s theme.

The group had an idea that they would like to participate and learn in British sign language. We learn a little bit each week and recap to stimulate our memories, and this week, we learnt to sign ‘we will remember them’

Everyone in the group takes an active part in each session, whether that be, being the quiz master, welcoming new participants or discussing ideas of what they would like to do in future sessions.

We get positive feedback after each session we hold, bringing the community together, making a difference to people’s lives.

Reminder for next session 28^th November, Woolston Neighbourhood Hub, Wellbeing Suite 12.30-2.30pm.