Tag Archives: wellbeing

Living with a partner who is depressed 

Living with a partner who is depressed 

There is no joy in depression.  If you are the person who experiences it, you’ll know that. It seems to eat into your very soul. If you’re the partner of someone who’s depressed, you’ll know that too ...
Volunteering benefits

Volunteering benefits

I’m 83 and have been volunteering for over 50 years. I can’t remember why I decided to volunteer for the Samaritans, but it was both an enlightening and saddening experience. Some people seemed to hav ...
Don’t be lonely

Don’t be lonely

Loneliness is not just for Christmas. We have a club for the over 50s (some over 100!) which is open from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm, five days a week. We have between 200 – 300 members coming along eve ...
Convert to sharing?

Convert to sharing?

At this time of year our thoughts turn towards lonely people, rich and poor. There are bereaved partners and single divorcees living in their now too large houses, isolated and facing excessive mortga ...