Struggling with loneliness and lacking enthusiasm to eat?

You Are Not Alone

Eat With Me partners friendly volunteers with older adults in need of a social connection and a nutritious meal

In countries across the globe 20-34% of over 65's identify as being lonely. Loneliness has been linked to reduced health in the elderly population, with many experiencing malnutrition as a consequence. Eat With Me combats this by sending volunteers to cook and eat a provided meal with a local older adult in the comfort of their own home.

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Join the Scheme

As we get older, life can get a little lonelier and this makes it hard to do even the simple tasks like cooking a nutritious meal. We are here to help, join our scheme today by filling out a short form.

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Our Mission

Why is loneliness such an issue across the globe and why must we act now to combat it?

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Become a Volunteer

Volunteering will greatly improve the mental and physical health of elderly people within your community. With a minimum of 2 hours a week, signing up has never been so easy!

Testimonials

“"Globally, approximately 50% of adults over the age of 50 are at risk of social isolation and around a third at risk of loneliness. There is an association between loneliness and malnutrition."”

Professor Carolyn Greig

University of Birmingham-Ageing and Health

Potential Partners

We will partner with Duke of Edinburgh, a global scheme, to help recruit volunteers.

We will partner with Hello Fresh to help with food source and distribution and developing of nutritious and protein-packed meals.

We will partner with the charity AgeUK to source funding for our scheme and to promote awareness when we initially pilot in the UK. Funding could also be sourced from local councils.

To find out more information , follow Eat with Me's social media pages

@eatwithme_scheme

*This is not a real scheme, it is a project created for a University of Birmingham assignment*

Address:

Medical School,

University of Birmingham,

Vincent Drive,

Edgbaston,

B15 2TT