Society

28 October 2024 Measuring and offsetting our carbon footprint

We are a Carbon Neutral Plus Organisation and have been calculating and offsetting our annual carbon footprint since 1 April 2020. Such measurement has resulted in a number of changes to how we operate, with the focus being on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions – today and into the future.

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8 October 2024 Friendship Month 2024 – a huge success

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.

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17 September 2024 Final year of the Oddfellows' cancer-fighting funding

Representatives 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.

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17 September 2024 The powerful give and take of ‘frenergy’

No 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.

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31 August 2024 Boost your 'frenergy' this Friendship Month

To 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!

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22 August 2024 Adventurous Gwen flies high at 91

Gwen 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.

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17 June 2024 A fresh challenge in retirement

When 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”.

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17 June 2024 Say 'yes' for a fulfilled retirement

In 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.

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