Imagine living alone and finding that you can’t leave the house at all, even to go shopping. This is the situation that faced one local resident, Mrs G.

Mrs G. had terminal cancer and osteoarthritis. She had been getting progressively weaker and able to do less. Having been ill for over ten years, she felt that she had had enough of hospitals. “My dearest wish,” Mrs G. said, “Is to stay in the peace of my own home.”

For many people getting older or developing health problems can make life a struggle. The Feelgood Factory works to help local people fix local problems. We work with the experts – local communities – to decide what is wrong and what can be done.

Our volunteers have developed practical services such as a shopping service which helped Mrs G. Each week volunteers deliver shopping to older and vulnerable people, check they are all right and have a chat.

It’s far more than a delivery service – for many it is a life line.

Over the years we have helped thousands of people to improve their health and quality of life.  It’s not rocket science.  The answers are in the heads and hands of normal people like you and me. 

But the odds are stacked against the most vulnerable in our community and those odds are getting longer.  As services and suport are cut, the problems become bigger . We need funds to help these people.  

Will you help your neighbours?  Will you champion your community? Can you give as little as £3 a month to enable local people find local solutions?

Friends of the Feelgood is a new initiative to recruit people who will support the Feelgood Factory on a regular basis.

ABOUT FRIENDS OF THE FEELGOOD

The Feelgood Factory is a local charity and we exist only to meet the needs of local people but we can’t do this without the support of people like you.

Friends of the Feelgood are people who want to support their community by supporting the Feelgood Factory on a regular basis.

For more details download the leaflet.