Full of Life is a peer-to-peer community based project to promote emotional resilience skills for older people in Kingston and Lambeth.

The Young Foundation has received a grant from Comic Relief to develop and pilot a service to improve the wellbeing and resilience of people aged 65 and over who are experiencing isolation, mild anxiety or depression.

The Young Foundation is working with Age UK and Dr Chris Williams, Consultant Psychiatrist to the University of Glasgow, and the project builds on the pre-pilot trials within Manchester and South Tyneside which were part of the Local Wellbeing Project.

Full of Life has been designed to meet local needs and fit within existing services in Lambeth and Kingston, and has been informed by discussions with agencies in each.

Local volunteers, recruited through existing Age UK networks and wider local outreach, have been trained to run local peer discussion groups around a set of supporting materials. The course has been developed specifically for elderly populations, based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Positive Psychology methods of ‘helping people to help themselves'. Components of the course include identifying and challenging negative emotions, developing coping strategies, social problem solving skills, negotiation and relaxation techniques. The Young Foundation will support and evaluate the programme.

The project is aimed at people living and working in Kingston and Lambeth. If you are interested in finding out more please download a flyer.

For more information contact Nina Mguni, nina.mguni@youngfoundation.org.

Download the Lambeth project flyer.

Download the Kingston project flyer.