On Every Street. Behind Any Door.
Across Scotland, over 100,000 people over 65 experience chronic loneliness. That's an average of one older person on every street across Scotland.
This includes people like Alex. An engineer by trade, Alex, 72, had worked all over the world before returning to his hometown of Motherwell in 2007. But after many decades away, Alex had no connections in the town and soon felt very isolated.
The reality is that so many people fall away from your life as you get older. And before you know it, you’re on your own.
Alex now suffers from ill health and doesn’t get out and about as much as he used to. Other than his friendship calls from Age Scotland, Alex says the only people he speaks to on the phone are doctors, the dentist, or the council.
The weekly friendship call I get on a Friday sets me up for the whole weekend. Getting these calls from Age Scotland has meant the world to me.
▶️Hear Alex's Story
By donating, you help us provide companionship and support for older people like Alex, and the thousands of others like him, with no one else to speak to.
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