This wonderful story is giving us that #FridayFeeling today! 🐶 Wag & Company is a charity that visits isolated older people in the community to help alleviate loneliness, with some adorable four legged friends in tow. What a fantastic initiative! 💜 chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

🚣‍♂️British rower Steve Redgrave is one of Team GB’s greatest Olympians! He won gold medals at 5 consecutive Olympic games between 1984 and 2000! Vote for Steve as your sporting legend by tweeting #NLASteveRedgrave

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We were very lucky to meet with author Hunter Davies earlier this year. We spoke about love, loss, loneliness and his hundredth book #HappyOldMe! 📕💜 Read more here: bit.ly/2YQNxFf #BookLoversDay

These care home residents have been taking a dip in the sea thanks to a set of specialist beach wheelchairs! 🏝 We adore this idea! Which beaches have you visited this summer? 🌞 #LoveLaterLife itv.com/news/wales/201…

Giving your child a special place to read is a great way to get them loving books. Try our step-by-step guide to building a reading den together: wordsforlife.org.uk/getlost-summer

Colin Firth recalls the teachers who inspired him at school: 'These teachers made me raise my game - not through force but through sheer strength of character.' #colinfirth bit.ly/33o2qhK

Do you know a budding writer aged 7-12? They can now enter the 2019 Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Prize jacquelinewilson.co.uk/creativewritin…

"Younger people need to see the joy that's to be had as you get older, that you can continue to push yourself. I really hope the exhibition shows the joy that sport and physical activity can bring." #BeMoreUs #EndLoneliness bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Have you received #NationalLottery funding or support from a Lottery funded project in the last 25 years? If you have a story to tell about the difference it's made to your life, we want to hear from you. Send stories, photos or videos to [email protected]

"It's been 80 years and I have loved every second." Jack and Joan have just celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary, officially making them Britain’s longest-married couple 😍💕 thesun.co.uk/fabulous/96924…

A leading cartoonist is helping researchers understand what matters most to people living with dementia. The team at Lancaster University say incorporating his artistic talents could inspire a new way of working with people living with the condition. ow.ly/PZmo50v8ZiY

Happy Birthday Jack! 96 years young today - still volunteering at school after 10 years thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund Age UK Staffordshire #intergenerational project 🎉🎉 #superstar #lotterylegend #inspirational

We have sent off all our Age UK innocent drinks smoothie hats today - an amazing grand total of 56,200 🎉🎉 How amazing! Thanks to all our knitters, bobblers and supporters! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

This town in Spain is turning itself one big nursing home! 💜

Are you looking for something to do this #BankHoliday? 🚌😊 Visit our website for info on some fantastic free and accessible days out in the UK: bit.ly/2ZiLjP9

Sadly The Children Matter Project will finish on 31st August 2019 and our social media will be closing 😞 Thanks The National Lottery Community Fund for the opportunity to recruit so many fabulous #intergenerational #volunteers to help out in local #Staffordshire schools 👏🏼👏🏼

Lisa Deb & Amy would like to say a personal thank you to all the Age UK Staffordshire #ChildrenMatter #volunteers Entrust Education & The National Lottery Community Fund - the dream team may be disbanded but we are proud of all we have achieved and the legacy of our amazing project 🥰