About
About Kingsbridge Care Hub
The Kingsbridge Care Hub is a charitable organisation which promotes the health and wellbeing of senior citizens within the parish of Kingsbridge and its surrounding villages. We are an independent, self-funded charity (not connected with Age UK) that has been serving the community since 1981.
We deliver weekday meals-on-wheels across a large geographical location, serve 3-course lunches in our centre Monday to Friday and breakfast on Saturday mornings. Saturday breakfast is open to any age group and is a popular venue for our senior citizens who wish to invite their extended family and friends. We aim to provide an active social care and wellbeing service for anyone over the age of 55 (and the families or carers who support them) offering a range of services, support, and community group meetings throughout the month. In addition, we run regular community events such as a May Day celebration, Summer Garden party, and an annual Christmas party catering for up to 30 guests at a time on Christmas Day. Our other regular services include music/singing sessions, memory café, quilters groups, knit & natter, sensory outreach service, advice and signposting, and Next Steps for Living, Dying, Grieving Counselling and Grief Support.
Our Team
We operate with a blended mix of paid staff and dedicated volunteers, many of whom have been involved for a number of years and are familiar friendly faces to our regulars.
But whether paid or not, the whole team under Chairman Graham Smith share a common aim – to help people remain as independent as possible, in their own homes, and to offer social interaction and a caring ‘eye’.
From our cooks who produce a nutritious range of delicious meals to the dining room assistants who serve with a smile; our essential kitchen assistants without whom we simply could not manage and the friendly drivers who deliver the Meals on Wheels; to the admin support in the offices upstairs, the Care Hub team enjoy working together and having fun.
If you think you might like to join us to help keep our service running smoothly, do please get in touch – volunteer roles are always available, together with occasional part-time paid positions.
Graham Smith
Chairman
Graham Smith is the chair of Kingsbridge Age Concern and first started volunteering here with his wife Lyn in 2005.
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Amanda Bloomer
Administrator (Advice Centre)
