AGE UK Somerset has received £15,000 from Somerset Community Foundation to continue and expand its work tackling loneliness and isolation among older people.
The funding will support the charity’s befriending service which provides companionship, social contact and support to older people.
Volunteers can help lonely elderly people by perhaps having a chat over a cup of tea or taking them to the shops.
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