Listening Ears is committed to reducing isolation and loneliness through integration activities and outreach services. By facilitating interaction, we enable people build connections and actively participate within their communities. With a renewed sense of purpose, our beneficiaries are empowered to lead healthier, happier and more fulfilling lives.

About us

Weekly social gatherings for seniors on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays across our South-East London sites featuring gentle exercise classes and skill sharing workshops.

Feel Good Centres

In partnership with Sainsbury's, we offer free provision of long life foods for local residents including families, individuals and small organisations.

Food Bank

Listening and counselling service

Let’s share it helpline

Our journey: a visual map

A short film about our work: Watch on YouTube  Listening Ears was established in 2006, out of a heartfelt concern about the level of isolation and loneliness, observed mostly amongst elderly people in the community especially those who have become hard to reach or are being marginalised due to illness, disability, bereavement or other forms of social disadvantage. Our…

Our story
Our work

Projects

Feel Good Centres

Feel Good Centres

Social groups for 50+

Food Bank

Food Bank

Free provision of long life foods

Dedicated helpline service

Dedicated helpline service

Free counselling and support

Our impact since 2006

  • years of service

  • £

    raised through funding & donations

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    beneficiaries aged between 5 and 90!

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    workshops & activity sessions

News highlights

Collaborative Crafting with Greenwich Heritage Trust

Over a couple of workshops at our #FeelGood socials, we’ve been working with Viv Cameron from CraftA and the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust #MeetTheCollection We are excited to be given the opportunity to work together as a team using vibrant materials to produce a banner that will go into the museum collection as a record of history. We’re pleased to…

Mar 25. 2022
A new mini bus for Listening Ears

Listening Ears is pleased to be the recipient of a minibus donation from Annington Group Ltd. A firm supporter of Listening Ears since 2018, the Annington Group has previously funded activities for the elderly at our Feel Good Centres including Day Trips and fundraising events. The bus-related activities will commence from December 2019 and will transport service users across the…

Dec 20. 2019
1 Year Anniversary of Feel Good Atrium

Celebrating one year since the project launch of the Feel Good Centre at the Atrium, Thamesmead. We received donations of groceries from Tesco to share amongst our members. The session began with a gentle exercise session led by Firefly Fitness. We also received a surprise visit from Sainsbury’s and received a large basket of flowers, with all members taking home…

Jun 19. 2019

Our Funders and Partners

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