Update on Psalm
One of the charities we have supported for many year is PSALM (Project for Seniors and Lifelong Ministry)
There are key issues that PSALM tries to address:
- The need for opportunities to think boldly and imaginatively about how to live well in later life.
- The need for confidence rooted in a mature faith as a source of resilience.
- The need for Churches to work hard to counter the traditional undervaluing of older people and seek to provide more engaging and enlivening opportunities for older people to reflect and contribute.
We do this by providing lectures, workshops and seminars with the specific aim of addressing matters of interest and concern to people over 60. Some may remember the two entertaining talks on ‘Decluttering’ that one of their speakers gave a Holiday in Hampstead a few years ago.
PSALM is one of the many charities that have found it difficult to operate during the pandemic and the different periods of lockdown
Beryl Dowsett reports that “sadly Psalm’s future plans are on hold, in the light of the current pandemic and travel restrictions. As they deal mainly with workshops for older people it was inevitable but we hope they’ll bounce back when it’s safe to do so.”