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Abbeyfield Joins the Happy List
The Independent on Sunday newspaper recently published the ‘Happy List’, celebrating those Britons who have “given back, enhanced the lives of others and realised that in an acquisitive society there's a crying need for values other than mere materialism”.
We were delighted to see that Richard Carr-Gomm, founder of The Abbeyfield Society, was featured in this list of the top 100 Britons who have given contributed to the happiness of the nation!
Richard started the first Abbeyfield society in 1956 and has inspired thousands of volunteers to establish houses and care homes across the UK – and in a further 13 countries throughout the world.
Today there around 7,500 volunteers, who each year, take time out to support Abbeyfield residents and staff and carry on Richard’s work in combating loneliness and isolation amongst older people.
Article Created: Monday, April 28, 2008