There are now three calling circles in Woerden and have been doing so for four decades. Reason for a party. “We have cake and eggnog with whipped cream,” says Trudy. She has been working for years at the telephone circle, which gives the mostly older participants a nice start to the day. “It’s so nice,” says Nies. “I know everyone, not by face, but you have contact every day. That is very important to me.”
Telephone circle indispensable for the elderly in Woerden: ‘If something happens, I won’t be in my flat for a week, at most 24 hours’
