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Reengage Host; you’ll host a tea party in your home once or twice a year for people over 75

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Reengage
on 20th August 2025
Location
North West
  • Shirehampton
  • Clifton
  • Westbury on Trym
  • Clifton Down
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  • Lawrence Weston
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  • Sneyd Park
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  • Flowers Hill
  • Greenbank
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  • Newtown
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South
  • Bedminster
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  • Whitchurch
  • Windmill Hill
  • Withywood
Interest / Theme
  • Community / Neighbourhood Action
  • Inclusion / Inequality / Social Justice
  • Intergenerational
  • Over 50s
Skill
  • Befriending / Buddy
  • Socialising / Networking
  • Listening / Conversation
North
  • Bishopston
  • Henbury
  • Lockleaze
  • Filton
  • Montpelier
  • Redland
  • Southmead
  • Ashley Down
  • Begbrook
  • Brentry
  • Charlton Mead
  • Cotham
  • Frenchay
  • Henleaze
  • Horfield
  • Kingsdown
  • Manor Park
  • Monks Park
  • St Andrews
  • St Werburghs
  • Stoke Bishop
Neighbourhood
  • North
  • South
  • East
  • North West
  • One Off

As a tea party host, you’ll host a tea party in your home once or twice a year providing refreshments for the older guests, volunteer drivers and the tea party group coordinator.

Each tea party group usually last for around two hours and normally take place on a Sunday afternoon.

Tea parties provide a lifeline of friendship for socially isolated or lonely older people. The warm, regular, and friendly companionship provides a vital link with the outside world from which they’ve become isolated.

To become a tea party host you’ll need to:

  • Have a chat with one of our staff to discuss the role and Reengage's aims, so we can get to know each other a little. 
  • Complete an ID check
  • Provide a reference
  • Complete online volunteer training modules

Tasks include:

  • Welcoming older people and volunteers into your home and making them feel comfortable.
  • Safely preparing and serving refreshments for the tea party group.
  • Ensuring that your home is safe and accessible for the tea party group.
  • Following the guidance in the online volunteer training so that the tea parties are safe, enjoyable, appropriate and in line with our charitable aims.
  • Keeping in regular contact with the tea party group coordinator so they know when you’re available to host, and so you know how many people to expect and if there are any dietary requirements.
  • Reporting any concerns to the tea party group coordinator.
  • Keeping your knowledge and training up to date by reading our monthly volunteer newsletter – Re-engage Matters.
 
 

Location

Bristol

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Provided by Reengage

Contact name (public)
Rachel Rees-Jones
Email address
knowledge@reengage.org.uk
Telephone
020 7240 0630 020 7240 0630

Provided by Reengage

Email address
knowledge@reengage.org.uk
Telephone
020 7420 5811 020 7420 5811

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