Initiative launched to set up a second Contact the Elderly Group in Bury St Edmunds

The Contact the Elderly Group, which has been formed in Bury St Edmunds and organises free monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties, has now been filled.

Now a second group is planned in the town.

Marilyn Oakley is behind the initiative, which is aimed at the over 75s, and she is now looking for people to join, be a host or a driver.

The tea parties are held once a month in the host’s home and is limited to 12 people and such has been the demand that it has prompted the plans for the second group.

Each guest is collected from their home by a volunteer driver and taken to a volunteer hosts home for the afternoon.

The group is welcomed by a different host each month but the drivers remain the same.

The charity is now keen to hear from people in the Bury area who live alone and may struggle to get out themselves as well as volunteers to collect a guest to the tea parties or to host one.

To get involved call Marilyn on 07813 341746.