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Alone - but not isolated ["Mrs Smith's Handbag"]
 — meeting the communication needs of older people
Author(s)Wally Harbert
Corporate AuthorBT Community Partnership Programme; CSV Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme; Community Network
PublisherCommunity Service Volunteers, RSVP, London, 1997
Pages22 pp
SourceCSV RSVP, 237 Pentonville Road, London N1 9NJ.
KeywordsLoneliness ; Isolation ; Communication ; Telephone ; Information technology ; Voluntary agencies ; Projects ; England.
AnnotationIn 1995, representatives of Community Services Volunteers, Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme (RSVP) and British Telecom (BT) visited Italy to learn about an Italian project where communication is maintained with isolated older people by use of the telephone. The following year BT invited RSVP and Community Network to help in developing projects to reduce isolation among older and disabled people in England. The new scheme was named Mrs Smith's Handbag, since the majority of isolated people who live alone are older women. BT invited voluntary organisations to apply for grants to develop innovative and low cost projects. This booklet describes the eight local projects that were awarded grants.
Accession NumberCPA-971007201 P
ClassmarkDV: TP: U: UJ: UVB: PK: 3E: 82

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