As you get older, you tend to become more certain about the things you enjoy doing. This knowledge can be a comfort, but there are many surprising benefits to pushing yourself outside of this zone of familiarity from time-to-time.
Read articleWe 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.
Read articleWhile 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”.
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