LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Not only the lonely

Alison Seabrooke says the contribution of community groups to public services is no longer a ‘nice-to-have’

Let me introduce Carolyn and Angela. They run weekly drop-in sessions in their community centre in Billborough, Nottingham.

It's a place where local people, many of whom are older people or people with disabilities, can drop in for a cup of tea and a chat. Their motivation to run the project was to meet a need in their community: a place where many people were lonely and living in isolation.

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