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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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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.
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.
"Volunteering gives you a huge life enrichment.”
"I'm finally doing a job that I love."
Mother and daughter carry on the volunteering tradition by providing social activities at a Darby and Joan club in Derbyshire.
Sue is a volunteer hairdresser at the WRVS Russell Centre in Eastbourne and does Julie's hair for her.
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