MORE volunteers are needed to help beat isolation and loneliness in Wirral's elderly community.
Charity Independent Age is in desperate need to recruit more volunteers in Merseyside to help build on the thousands of older people who have felt lonely.
There are many ways to volunteer with Independent Age and opportunities are open to anyone over the age of 18 and to people of all backgrounds.
In Merseyside there is a need for local people to spend around one hour a week or once a fortnight to meet up with an older person for a chat.
Head of wellbeing at the charity, Jeanette Bates said: "Volunteers are invaluable to the older people that we support.
"We hear from so many volunteers and older people who have had their lives changed for the better by the experience.
"Chronic loneliness can be really damaging to a person’s health, so with the help of Merseyside residents, we hope to help make loneliness a thing of the past.”
To find out more about volunteering opportunities visit:
www.independentage.org/volunteer-visitoror call 0800 319 6789.
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