A DONATION has been made to give members of a club for elderly people a lunch and an outing.
Four Seasons Health Care has donated the funds to Great Lumley Friday Club, near Chester-le-Street.
The club has run for more than 30 years and meets at Great Lumley Community Centre.
Members have the chance to socialise and play games, including bingo. Volunteers prepare a freshly-cooked lunch for them and, once a month, the club aims to organise an outing.
However, a lack of funds sometimes prevents the outing going ahead, and so the donation from Four Seasons Health Care was warmly welcomed by Mary Knox, of the Friday Club.
She said: "For our members, this club is often the only time they leave the house all week and the trips away mean so much to them.
"It gives them something to look forward to and really raises spirits, even if it's just a picnic we've made ourselves.
"They deserve a treat and that's what we give them.
"Being elderly, you can get very lonely, but we do our best not to let this happen."
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