Fishtoft400 Community Group is a 'Friendship Group'
We hire two different venues on two different days of the week and invite anyone in the local community to come along and meet other people for friendship and activities and social wellbeing.
Fishtoft is a rural community with a limited public transport system. As a result there are people in the community who feel lonely and isolated and rarely go out, particularly if they have limited mobility.
Covid also inhibited socialising and left many people feeling lonely and isolated.
The events are FREE and open to anyone from the local community and friends. This means people can come along as often as they wish with no cost to them.
We provide FREE teas, coffees and cakes and make sure everyone receives a warm welcome
We supply various art materials, games and books etc. We encourage people to share their hobbies with others, which gets them mixing and chatting.
We have organised a day trip out with lunch and further with trips are planned. As we have no funds for hiring transport this means that some people who have limited mobility will struggle to come on these outings.
We have built good working relationships with our local Boston Borough Council who have helped us to access funding in order that we can offer these events free. They have also helped with advertising the events.
We advertise via various sites on Facebook (Fishtoft400, Fishtoft Ward, Keeping Fishtoft Safe and our own personal F/B pages), posters and flyers. We also use the Boston Bulletin.
