While the term ‘frenergy’ is new, it’s a very familiar feeling. The energy friendship gives us is unmistakeable, and at this year’s Friendship Month celebrations, our Branches up and down the country were dishing it out in abundance.
Read articleRepresentatives from the Oddfellows have visited The University of Southampton’s Centre for Cancer Immunology to mark the final payment of funding courtesy of the Society’s HA Andrews Memorial Fund.
Read articleNo matter who you are, you can receive and radiate ‘frenergy’. But what is it and why do we need it in our lives? Psychologist Dr Veronica Lamarche shares the science behind friendship energy.
Read articleTo mark Oddfellows Friendship Month, our new study has explored the ‘feel good factor’ we get from friends, and reveals where else you can get the same buzz!
Read articleGwen Ackrill, a member of North West Kent Oddfellows, has proven there’s no age limit to thrill-seeking having taken on ‘England’s longest zipline’ at the age of 91.
Read articleWhen your career in the NHS has been as remarkable as Marie’s, having a retirement that matches in its rewards was always going to be a challenge. But by shifting her relentless drive to care, learn and contribute in a new direction, it has, as she describes, “opened up another life”.
Read articleIn 2017, two years after the death of her husband, Sean, Cherryl Thomas decided to take early retirement, realising her priorities had changed without him. The 66-year-old now insists on getting the most out of life by saying ‘yes’ to as many opportunities as possible, including meeting new people and trying new things.
Read articleRetirement is something many people spend years, even decades, planning for. But what happens if the time to retire arrives sooner than expected?
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