ADCA

Following a public meeting in the village In October 2010, it was agreed to set up Audlem & District Community Action (ADCA) as a local charitable trust to take over running of the day club from Age UK. ADCA's bid to Cheshire East for the contract was successful, and it has now been  operating since April 2011.

The overall aim of ADCA is to provide welfare support to vulnerable and socially isolated adults so as to promote social inclusion, community participation and independence.

Day Club

For many years volunteers have run a weekly day club for elderly members who are wanting a social day out due to isolation or loneliness. This takes place at Thornton House, Emberton Place on Tuesdays from 10.30am to 3.30pm, including lunch and an afternoon of chat, quizzes and other entertainment.

Referrals

If you are a potential member of the day club, or the carer or GP for such a person, please contact Ronni Briggs on 07813 281614 in the first instance.

Coffee morning

A new venture started in August is the coffee morning. Initially on a Thursday, from October 14th this will be on Friday mornings at Thornton House, 10am to noon. A programme of talks by local people at the coffee mornings has been arranged -

14thOctober  - ‘Tales of Being an Air Medical Nurse’ 

21stOctober  - ‘Cooking and Baking Tips’

28thOctober -  ‘Who am I: Tracing Your Ancestors, Part I’

4thNovember - ‘Gardening Tips’

11thNovember - ‘Talk about Audlem Cemetery’

18thNovember - ‘Memories and Local History of Audlem’

25thNovember - ‘Who am I: Tracing Your Ancestors, Part II’

To be scheduled:  Tales of Running a Tea Shop, Old Photographs, Working in the Coldest, Richest, Busiest and Most Beautiful Places in the World, plus more Gardening Tips on first Friday of each month!

Volunteers

ADCA currently has 16 volunteers, many with long years of service. More volunteers would be welcome

• To provide social support and conversion to the members who attend including stimulating activity.
• To help prepare and serve a midday meal for the day club
• To assist on the coffee morning

New Services

Volunteers will aso be needed for proposed new services

• To help with establishing and running a separate afternoon tea club on another day for more independent older people and vulnerable adults.

• To provide a befriending, home visiting service to older people and vulnerable adults who are socially isolated and perhaps housebound.

• To work with individual members as a means of helping to link them into other clubs, societies and activities in Audlem & District

• To provide a volunteer driving service to get people to the day club and to other local activities

Become a volunteer

If you might be interested in becoming an ADCA volunteer, please contact Roger Millns on 01270 811375

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