By John O'Mahony | Care & Repair National Development Manager
A long and wet winter is finally coming to an end and Age Action’s Care & Repair volunteers are busy calling to older people who would like to have their garden tidied up for the spring time.
As we grow older and begin to lose mobility the garden is often the first thing that people struggle with. So many people have such a huge interest in gardening and have kept their garden in pristine condition all their lives. Suddenly they find themselves unable to manage it. It becomes a source of great sadness when they see it begin to run wild.
Care & Repair volunteers are happy to help! Every From March to October each year they do countless garden tidy ups. Weeding, sweeping, pruning, cutting, cleaning…. You name it and they do it!
The older people who call us can’t praise the Care & Repair team highly enough. So often we receive calls and letters saying how happy it makes them to be able to sit in the garden again or even just to look out the window with pride.
This is what Care & Repair is all about. Helping people with simple tasks that we take for granted, but that can mean so much once we can’t do them anymore. Long may it continue!
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