The lost art of conversation
Engaging in good conversation is an art and more often than not, conversation is mentioned as a “lost art”. In these days of instant messaging texting and emailing, a conversation is becoming somethi ...
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Can you use your skills to help fight heart disease?
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is calling for those approaching retirement to use their spare time to volunteer for the nation’s heart charity and utilise their invaluable life skills and experien ...
Share your skills
A new website has been launched aimed at linking skilled retirees with those in need of their expertise. Budding pensioners are listing themselves on www.Retired4Hire.co.uk to advertise their skills t ...
Welcome to whole new online world
After reading “loneliness can be tackled with internet training” (June edition), I would like to say that many older people fear to use a computer. It’s new to them and in their day never learnt at sc ...