Wimpole Home Farm offers retired local farmers a chance to spend time in a setting they love. For Don, an ex-farmer living with dementia, it’s a way of reconnecting with his past. After a few hours on the farm, he feels like he has done a proper day’s work. And Jenny, his wife, gets to welcome home the man she married.
With no garden, and living in a big city, Lucy used to spend most of her time indoors. Now she is designing wildflower meadows with the rangers at Modern Hall Park. She works with other young people to make a difference to her local green space – and protect the wildlife that lives there.
Margaret has found friendship and fun at Sutton House in East London. As part of the Recycled Teenagers – a group for the over 55s – Margaret keeps busy and shares her love of dancing, socialising and art.
For 50 years Sylvia has been climbing Great Gable in the Lake District. It has been a constant in her life, so much so that it feels like it is her mountain. Her grandchildren even refer to it as ‘granny’s mountain.’ Following her cancer diagnosis the one thing Sylvia wanted to achieve, was to climb Great Gable again. Along with her brother Robert, she fulfils her dream and continues her deep connection to this special place.
