*edit*RISE (Reaching the ISolated Elderly) was a project initiated by REGENERATE.com in 2001 by Mo and Andy Smith (mother and son) following a participatory needs assessment of the Roehampton area by the Wandsworth Primary Care Trust.  25 years ago in January we launched a Lunch Club on the Alton Estate and in 2006 Regenerate divided into two charities: RegenerateUK working with young people and Regenerate-RISE working with the elderly.

From those small beginnings in Roehampton SW15 we moved to a Centre in Putney SW15 and have reached the isolated elderly in Nottingham for 7 years, Ealing for 5 years and Sheffield for 2 years.  We currently reach out to the whole of the borough of Wandsworth and have a new project in Woking, Surrey. 15 staff work for us across our projects, joined by 32 volunteers fulfilling a number of tasks from administration to visiting people in hospital.  Both our Day Services and our Home from Hospital services are making a huge difference to the lives of older people across Wandsworth and Woking.

Mission Statement

To transform the lives of isolated older people through a programme of care and support which respects, values and encourages independence in later life

Compassion and kindness are at the heart of the services we provide with health and wellbeing at the Centre of all that we do.

 

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