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Take a look at some of the real life stories behind WRVS, and the people who help to make Britain a great place to grow old.
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Betty is 84 and lives in west Wales. After she lost her husband she continued to cope reasonably well because her son lived close by until the day he was also diagnosed with cancer.
After the death of her husband, Connie didn’t see anyone except her son until she a started visiting her local WRVS community centre
Winnie visits the Isabel Blackman Centre four days a week. She realised that she was very lonely, depressed and had stopped eating.
82 year old John keeps young as a volunteer driver helping people get around with community transport.
Vanessa, Sue and Terry keep in in the family. The father and daughter team all help at the WRVS Isabel Blackman Centre in Hastings, East Sussex.
Jo acts as a Good Neighbour for local older people in Newport, Wales on top of a full-time job and looking after her family.
“I am still there at the age of 87 and loving every minute.”
" I'm a community volunteer and feel I am making a positive difference to peoples’ lives.”
"Volunteering gives you a huge life enrichment.”
“I found the whole experience hugely beneficial. WRVS truly valued an external perspective but it wasn’t only them that learnt."
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