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Wetherby in Support of the Elderly’s crafty club has come up with an innovative way to curb loneliness- creating boxes filled with time. Visitors to the WiSE’s craft session have developed ‘gift of time’ boxes as a way of encouraging loved ones to spend valuable time with an older relative or friend. The ornately decorated containers are filled with a dozen cards, each proposing activities ranging from watching a film together to meeting up for a cup of tea. Activities Coordinator, Debbie, said: “Isolated, lonely older people don’t want money or gifts. What they wish for more than anything else…

Wetherby in Support of the Elderly is calling on residents with resolutions to put them to good use by helping to raise cash to extend its work. Everyone from first time runners to dry January pledgers are being targeted by WiSE as the charity looks to add to its team of community fundraisers in 2022. WiSE says committing to new year resolutions by pledging to do it for charity is a great way to stay motivated- as well as ‘paying it forward’ to local people in need. Mark Dobson, Chief Operating Officer at WiSE, said: “It doesn’t matter whether you’re…

Wetherby in Support of the Elderly (WiSE) is seeking corporate backers to help it extend its work helping isolated older people across the district. WiSE is hoping that local businesses big and small will consider backing their cause as their charity of the year, in recognition of the award-winning work it has done improving the quality of life for older people. The charity has ambitious plans to extend the reach of its core services, events and activities next year- including into new places it does not currently serve. Charity bosses say any money raised through corporate support has the potential…

Goats in Christmas jumpers and complimentary therapy will form part of two family fun afternoons, which are also doubling up as consultation events for Wetherby in Support of the Elderly (WiSE). WiSE is staging the free afternoon sessions this winter as part of a major drive to find out more about what residents need support with in the future. The charity stepped up in a big way during the Covid-19 pandemic delivering hundreds of prescriptions, shopping and food parcels to people of all ages who were shielding or self-isolating. Now, WiSE wants people of all ages to come to the…

Wetherby in Support of the Elderly’s (WiSE) has unveiled the staggering statistics behind the restoration of its best loved activities- helping to cut social isolation after almost two years of lockdowns and shielding. The figures include 900 coffees, 768 cups of tea and 432 scones served to 1,629 visitors to the charity’s popular WiSE Owl Café for the community in Boston Spa. That’s on top of almost 500 people who have attended one of the 50 activities WiSE has staged since reopening core services 12 weeks ago- from chairobics, aerobics and line dancing to knitting, crafting and music sessions. Another…