Everyone should have the chance to make new friends.
Our group and one-to-one activities will help you expand your social circle in a friendly, safe environment.
Tea parties
Our tea parties are free monthly social groups open to people aged 75 and over. They’re a chance for a change of scenery and regular afternoons of conversation and laughter with friends of all ages.
You’ll even be taken there and home again so don’t need to worry about organising travel.
Call companions
Would you like a regular friendly chat over the phone with your very own call companion?
Call companions is available to anyone aged 75 and over who’d benefit from a regular chat over the phone with a friendly volunteer.
"Getting a call companion is the best and most valuable thing I've ever done.”
The award-winning rainbow call companions
Are you lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or otherwise part of the LGBT+ community? Are you aged 75 or over? Would you like a regular friendly chat over the phone with your very own call companion?
Rainbow call companions is an award-winning free service for older LGBT+ people who are lonely, isolated or in need of companionship and feel they’d enjoy a friendly phone call every week or two with a volunteer who also identifies as LGBT+.
Activity groups
Activity groups are free monthly groups open to people aged 75 and over who are lonely, isolated and in need of companionship. Taking part in the groups is a great way to stay active and to make new friends.
Every activity group has a group coordinator who’s responsible for organising the group and ensuring that everything runs smoothly. Anyone who attends an activity group can be picked up and dropped home again so there’s no need to worry about organising travel.
Activity groups are designed to get you moving and will include gentle exercise, activities and sports that are suitable for people of all abilities.
We have activity groups in Bristol and the South West, Greater Manchester, London, the Scottish Borders, Wales, West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
Crosby lunch club and flicks and friends
From 1 January 2022, Age Concern Crosby became part of Re-engage and we’ve been looking after the lunch club and cinema club – flicks and friends ever since.
Get a call companion
A regular friendly phone call can do wonders for your spirits. Because a good chat means the world.
Get a rainbow call companion
If you’d like a bit of extra company, we can match you with one of our friendly rainbow call companions. They love a good chat and they’re great listeners too.
Tea parties
Apply to join one of our popular social groups for older people right across the UK.
Activity groups for people aged 75 and over
I feel very emotional as I only get to go out when I have a hospital appointment and you don’t get to talk properly to people there. This tea party has made me feel alive again, with such kindness shown. I really can't wait until we do it again.
Dougie
Age 76What a difference it's made to me, being part of a social group again. At first, I was a bit nervous about going but everyone's so friendly and it’s great to have conversations with different people.
I'm not nearly so lonely now. I really love the company. If I had the chance, I would go every day.