OUR STORY
The older generation deserve enjoyment, companionship, respect, and fulfilment.
A personal note from Pam, founder of Amble.
I am a carer myself, I have three young children, two of whom have special needs. Like many, I have a busy full time job and barely enough time for my children, housework and life admin, so all too often, way too many days go by before I give my mum or my dad a call. An increasing number of us are carers, alongside our increasingly busy lives.
We talk about “mum guilt” - that ache of feeling you’re never quite there enough for your children. But there’s a quieter guilt almost nobody names: the guilt of not being there enough for our parents. Of living an hour, or a whole country, away. Of loving your family deeply but simply just not having enough hours in the day, or not being able to be in two places at once.
Our older generation have been through so much, they have raised us and supported us, we love them, and they deserve good times, laughter, to be heard and appreciated just as ever before.
940,000
older people in the UK say they are often lonely.
270,000 go a whole week without speaking to a friend or family member - Age UK
Amble isn’t a care agency, and it isn’t a rota of strangers. It’s a way to find your parent the right companion. Not simply whoever happens to be free, but someone matched on their interests, their personality - a kindred spirit. Someone they look forward to seeing and can build a lasting relationship with over shared interests.
Everyone deserves company, and every family deserves to know the people they love are not alone.
— Pam, Founder
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