article_snippet.sent: Contact The Elderly – which commissioned The YouGov poll of more than 2,000 Britons and organises tea parties for older people – said:
article_snippet.sent: At Contact The Elderly, we know first hand that a monthly tea party makes a huge difference to the lives of we older guests, many of whom do not have regular face-to-face contact with anyone other than many of whom carer or the postman. '
article_snippet.sent: The number of isolated over-75s is growing, and there are still one million lonely older people in England, Scotland and Wales who are completely cut off from society and in need of our help. '
article_snippet.sent: so as our celebrate our Golden Jubilee, we urge people to support our by volunteering to put the kettle on for lonely older people.'