Volunteer elderly befriender Corrine, Londoner #170

Corinne met Agatha through Age UK’s elderly befriending service, after the loss of her Grandma and her insight into the loneliness of the elderly generation in London. She started out by helping with the garden but their friendship soon blossomed and they’ve become great friends.

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This film is part of 1000 Londoners, a five-year digital project which aims to create a digital portrait of a city through 1000 of the people who identify themselves with it. The profile contains a 3 minute film that gives an insight into the life of the Londoner, as well as their personal photos of London and some answers to crucial questions about their views on London life. Over the course of the project we aim to reveal as many facets of the capital as possible, seeing city life from 1000 points of view.

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Transcript:

I've for a long time wanted to do something with older people because I was very close with my grandmother and she was in Zambia, I was here. And I always felt like if she was here I would be round there all the time, I would do anything for her. And I just felt that sometimes older people in the UK are forgotten and they can be quite lonely their families have moved away. So I got in touch with Age UK and the 'garden friend' seemed to be the perfect fit for me. All my family and friends know about Agatha. She's got such a zest for life, really, like unbelievably so. She's very easy to talk to, that's what I like about her. She's very easy to talk to and she's pleasant, she's nice. Well I still, I do still have to fill those things in… I think what really made us gel is our African connection, actually for me. When you talk about African values, when have someone who has that value they have the respect for the older people. They know the way that you actually sense their needs. You know, they don't impose themselves on you. She does it all the time! I have some fantastic memories of growing up in Zambia. You know, those eight years I was raised by my grandmother. We were very close and I think just that initial upbringing has instilled those particular values in me of really caring for your grandparent. Even to the point where you kind of forget about your own mum and dad because they are, they are the ones! And then I think the generation after me would do the same for my mum for example. My grandmother sadly passed away last year. Her name was Seleta and she was amazing, absolutely amazing. She actually died in this country, which was great in a way, it sounds a bit odd, but I feel like I had the opportunity to give back what she did to me for my first years of my life. Definitely not having her here where I can see her regularly I think definitely motivated me to give back to another grandmother who doesn't have anybody that can you know, look out for them and do their gardening because, you know, they can't quite manage it anymore. Ah that sunshine! Beautiful.

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