Can you help our 60th celebrations truly take off?

We are aiming to hold six regional tea parties in June and July in Birmingham, Bristol, Croydon, Altrincham, Batley and Falkirk. Each event will cater for 50 plus guests and volunteers and will be for groups within 20km of the location. We will be supplying party packs of tablecloths, napkins, bunting, balloons and pin badges.

We are also encouraging all groups who hold their own special events to take pictures – ensuring guests and volunteers are happy to feature in them – which can be used on social media and for other publicity. Our marketing and communications team will be happy to help with this.

Re-engage has come a long way since its infancy in 1965 when founder Trevor Lyttleton started our charity by taking older people for afternoon outings. There are now nearly 500 of wonderful group coordinators running tea parties and activity groups in England, Scotland and Wales, supporting thousands of older people who rely on you for their regular dose of socialising.

If you can help organise the regional events or are planning to hold your own tea party, please get in touch with us via the annual survey or by email knowledge@reengage.org.uk

If you have any photographs of past tea parties or Re-engage events, we'd love to see them and feature them in the year ahead - please email images to comms@reengage.org.uk

As ever, thanks for your dedication and commitment. Let’s make this year an extra-special one for our older people.