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Because no one should feel alone this Christmas.
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£5 per month could help support an Age UK befriender to provide a friendship visit to an older person.
£10 per month could help train an Age UK befriender to provide regular friendship to an older person.
£15 per month could help us enable a local Age UK to run vital social activities bringing older people together in communities.
Your regular donation could help us provide vital support to older people who have no one else to turn to.
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£10 could help support an Age UK befriender to provide a friendship call to an older person.
£20 could help support Age UK's Silver Line Helpline to answer a call from an older person.
£40 could help support local Age UKs to find the most socially isolated older people in their communities and work with them to access the support they need.
Your donation could help us provide vital support to older people who have no one else to turn to.
Growing older should never mean becoming less visible or valued. But a million older people are more isolated at Christmas than at any other time of year – and it’ll be hidden behind closed doors.
Sandra spread joy in her career as a dancer and spent 43 happy years with her husband Don, caring for him as his health declined. Now, she lives with health conditions that make it challenging for her to leave the house. After losing Don, she felt bereft, cut off and alone. “I was at breaking point,” she says. “But Age UK understood how lonely I'd become.”
Through our friendship services, Sandra was matched with Sarena for a weekly phone call. Together, the pair have developed a life-changing connection which supports them both through difficult times. “It's like magic,” says Sandra.
Increased dementia risk
Lonely older people are 25% more likely to develop dementia.
A growing crisis
By 2030, there will be 130,000 more older people who often or always feel lonely if we don't act now.
Every day, the Age UK Network brings comfort and connection to older people across the country with our vital services – from our 24-hour helpline and regular befriending calls, to home visits and social activities. But many more older people urgently need our help – and we need your support to make it happen.
Sarena kept me going in those very bad days.
If you or someone you know needs support, Age UK is here for you. Call the Age UK Advice Line on 0800 169 6565, 8am to 7pm, every day of the year, or use the links below to find out more about how we could help.
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