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  1. Chess: friendship across the board

    Caitlin, a volunteer for our telephone friendship service, explains how chess lessons brought her and her friend Sydney closer together.

  2. Ramadan: Sajeda's story

    Sajeda, who works as a volunteer with Age UK Barnet, discusses her experiences of Ramadan, past and present.

  3. Celebrating The Silver Line Helpline

    As The Silver Line Helpline celebrates its 10th anniversary, we speak to staff, volunteers and the older people it helps about why it's so important.

  4. We need more telephone friends

    Ruth Lowe explains why we need more volunteers for the Age UK Telephone Friendship Service and how rewarding the service is for older people and their telephone friends alike.

  5. A Christmas less lonely

    older people in the UK will feel lonely this Christmas. For the first time in 20 years, Age UK volunteer Terrence won't be one of them.

  6. What's it like to be an Age UK befriender?

    Deirdre decided to volunteer as a befriender for older people with her local Age UK after she retired. She's now friends with an older person who is living with dementia.

  7. Women on a mission

    This International Women’s Day, we speak to 3 Age UK volunteers about helping others and – inspired by this year’s theme, ‘Give to Gain’ – what they’ve gained from giving back.

  8. Age UK's Depop shop

    Age UK is using fashion marketplace Depop to help raise money to fund our vital work. The volunteer who singlehandedly set up and now runs Age UK’s Depop shop tells us more.

  9. Digital Champion Programme 2022-2026

    Champion Programme aims to tackle digital exclusion by recruiting and training Digital Champion volunteers to provide support for older people to improve their digital skills, as well as providing loan

  10. Inspire and Include

    are designed to be adapted to different people's needs and abilities. There is also a range of volunteering opportunities within the project which can work towards an accredited qualification. Interested ... Oxfordshire Wakefield District How to volunteer This project offers unique volunteering opportunities which can lead to an accredited qualification if the volunteer would like to be a part of the programme

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