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The latest news, stories and reflections from Re-engage. Our past newsletters are also available to read.
Remembering Davina Good
Davina Good, a member of a Re-engage tea party group in Hackney, London, sadly passed away in November 2019. Davina kindly remembered Re-engage in her will and enabled hundreds more older people to be helped through the pandemic.
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Meet Sally, our head of service delivery.
Sally joined Re-engage in August this year and she oversees a team of 19. She is responsible for ensuring that every day we provide the best service we can to both our older people and our volunteers.
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Meet Re-engage volunteer Alicia
Alicia is in her early 50's and lives in Saddleworth. She works full-time from home and has three grown up children and a dog that always wants to be walked. She has been volunteering for Re-engage for four years and is a tea party group coordinator, host and driver.
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Give the gift of friendship
Half a million older people go at least five or six days a week without seeing or speaking to anyone at all and Christmas is a particularly difficult time. Watch our film and find out how can help give more people like Barbara something to look forward to, this Christmas and beyond.
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The Big Give Christmas Challenge
This year Re-engage is taking part in the ‘Big Give Christmas Challenge which takes places every year during the the first week of December. This means that every donation that you make to Re-engage between 30 November and 7 December will be automatically doubled.
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Community Christmas 2021
We caught up with Caroline Billington, founder of Community Christmas, to find out what the initiative means to her and her hopes for this year.
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