Vintage tea party

For the British Queen's 90th, communities are encouraged to hold street tea parties. Or in their homes. What a gret way to invite your elderly neighbours round? If lots of people pitch in, you could have a ball....

The Malnutrition Prevention Programme

A report in the New Day newspaper, the MGN group's new paper, caught my eye. The UK government help fund a scheme called the Malnutrition Prevention Programme. Apparently, in a report undertaken to find out why some elderly people were dying, they found the cause was cited as malnutrition. 1,794 it states. So the programme helps The Cosy Crow Community Cafe which uses food destined for landfill (perfectly edible) and turns them into meals which they serve to the elderly. What a brilliant idea! There is so much food waste going on in the UK as well as the terrible situation faced by some pensioners who are malnourished that this addresses both issues. Could we doing more of this? Or could we be finding ways to ask people to donate items which are then assessed in a community group to check if it's safe to eat and use it to make meals? This Malnutrition Prevention Programme sounds like a brilliant idea. http://www.malnutritiontaskforce.org.uk/ There is all sorts of advice on there as well as information about campaigns trying to keep Meals of Wheels going. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35628729 There is also Contact the Elderly which a friend volunteers for. This is a great way to make food or hold an afternoon tea for a group of older people so they can get out of their environment and meet other people. http://www.contact-the-elderly.org.uk/become-a-volunteer/how-it-works