Members of The Limes Lunch Club in Beighton, and long serving volunteer Carole Hallowes were taken by surprise on Friday 15th December when The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Anne Murphey paid a visit to mark Carole’s retirement after 30 years of volunteering.
Carole had been instrumental in setting up the lunch club with organiser Joan Harding and since then, the Lunch club has grown in popularity becoming one of the largest clubs in the city. Councillor Anne Murphey thanked Carole for her volunteer work and commitment to the club, presenting her with a certificate of thanks.
The Council’s Voluntary Sector Liaison Team manage the Lunch Clubs Grant pot and support 52 clubs across the city catering for nearly 1,600 older people and serving 56,000 hot meals a year . The majority of these are clubs run voluntarily by, and for, older people.
The lunch clubs aren’t just a place for a hot meal, they are places where friendships are made, where people care for one another and ultimately a place where people enjoy going.
Our latest annual report showing the funding and benefit to lunch clubs is now available online (http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/content/sheffield/home/social-care/lunch-clubs.html)
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