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Ageing Well Service
The Churn Project’s Ageing Well Service has always been a core part of our charity supporting those people often most isolated in our community. Our aim has always been to reduce loneliness for older people through social activity and friendship groups, trips and special events. We also offer targeted support for people living with dementia and their families, carers in the wider community and for people living with bereavement.
What we do
Ageing Well Service
Our Ageing Well programme offers older people the support they need to stay connected to their community. We provide a range of services from groups, individual support including befriending and advice and support to carers.
Community Support Groups
Friendship Café
Sometimes life events mean that we lose the friendships and connections we have made. But staying connected with other people has a positive impact on our health. The Churn Project's vibrant Friendship Café has been established for our older residents in Cirencester....
Sociable Stroll Cirencester
Our Sociable Stroll in Cirencester is a chance to walk as part of a gentle companionable group aimed at older people with good mobility. We take a different one hour walking route around Cirencester every week. Come and chat with volunteers and staff and make new...
Sociable Stroll South Cerney
Our Sociable Stroll in South Cerney is a chance to walk as part of a gentle companionable group aimed at older people with good mobility. There is a choice of shorter walks depending on your mobility followed by an optional visit to Fenton's Café. Come and chat with...
Carers Café
There are over 5 million unpaid carers in the UK carrying out vital caring work but often with little or no support. Our Carers Café is an informal and friendly group open to all carers in Cirencester and the surrounding villages. It’s an opportunity to get together,...
Memory Café
Our Memory Café is an informal group for people living with dementia and their loved ones in Cirencester and the surrounding villages. It's a chance to meet, socialise, participate in activities and share experiences. Support and information is available for carers...
Living With Loss
Are you looking for ways to cope with grief having lost a loved one? Living With Loss is an informal grief support group providing understanding and encouragement for those who have been bereaved. We focus on your wellbeing and look at ways to move through your...
Sing 2 Remember
We have partnered with charity Mindsong to provide a regular Sing 2 Remember group. Gloucestershire based Mindsong reaches people with dementia and those who are isolated through music and song. Mindsong’s singing groups inspire joy, unlock memories and enhance the...
IT Café
Feeling left out by the changes in technology? Finding it hard to work your mobile phone or laptop. Having problems understanding apps or websites? Our monthly IT Café is a small informal drop in group that supports IT problems for our older residents. Bring along...
Programmes
and Events
Ageing Well Events and Trips
As part of our thriving Friendship Café we organise events and trips to enable our older residents to enjoy a broader range of opportunities in Cirencester and beyond! We aim to keep these events to a minimum cost and give everyone the support they need to get the...
Writing for Wellness Programme
Are you over 60 years old and seeking a new perspective on difficult issues, the chance to share writing with other like-minded people, or looking to discover (maybe rediscover) your creative spirit? Our Writing for Wellness Programme is a series of guided writing...
Individual
Support
Individual Support
Our Churn Project Ageing Well Team can provide short term support to help older people regain confidence and independence or adapt to change. We can visit older people at home to discuss issues and offer meaningful support. If we can’t help, then we can refer you to...
Befriending Service
Churn Good Neighbours
Our Churn Good Neighbours service in Cirencester and the surrounding villages is a free and confidential service available to anyone over 60 who is living alone. We match people with a volunteer befriender who can make regular phone calls or visits to their home. The...