People’s Past People’s Future is a group of around 20 older people based in Rutherglen with an ethos to spread happiness and joy by staging events.

Geraldine told Scottish Housing News: “We do lots of things like use our local library to do events like an annual Robert Burns afternoon, a Matt McGinn memorial event, and best of all our drama Tenement Tales, a performance about growing up in the 50s in Glasgow,  which is written and performed by the group. These dramas are to get older folk involved by getting out into our community and jogging long lost memories of growing up in the 50s and 60s.

“One group’s aim is to help especially people who are socially isolated and we know from our experience that this is very prevalent in our community. We feel that in fact older people seem to become invisible to society. It is heartbreaking.

“We want to help stave off loneliness and depression. Covid has hit us hard and we need a boost. We try not to charge entry for any of our dramas or the events we organise, they are accessible and affordable. To date, our group has been lucky enough to get donations.

“Which is why I am reaching out to you all, we need £900 to bring a wonderful production of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist to our community. The drama was written and will be performed by the company Townsend Production. It is a powerful and enlightening play and would be especially amazing for people who are not familiar with theatre production to benefit from the performance.

“Please consider our plea and let us entertain and educate our community.”

Geraldine can be contacted at g.baird2@ntlworld.com.