Both sides teach, which is why this works and visiting schemes do not
How it works
Pairs meet weekly for six weeks. Each teaches the other one thing they choose. Last time that included bread, a phone, and a card game.
Why teaching
Because visiting makes one person a recipient. Teaching makes both people useful, and that is the difference between a duty and a friendship.
What is needed
Twelve adults over sixty-five with something to teach, which is everybody, and the confidence to think so, which is fewer.
