A PLEA is being made for more community groups in Watchet to base themselves in the town’s Phoenix Centre and for more volunteers to join the charity.

Watchet Phoenix, based in Harbour Road, promotes the well-being of the town’s elderly residents through a range of daycare services to improve their quality of life and help them maintain their independence.

Treasurer Bryan Howe said the charity had been around in different formats for more than 60 years.

Mr Howe said: “Many of our long serving volunteers are having to realise that time has taken its toll on them, just as it has with the many people they have helped over the years.

Local organisations are being asked to work from Watchet Phoenix Centre, which is also appealing for more volunteers.
Local organisations are being asked to work from Watchet Phoenix Centre, which is also appealing for more volunteers. PHOTO: Google Maps. ( )

“The Phoenix is in a sound financial position and the building is in good condition with modern facilities.

“The trustees have decided it is time to encourage other local community groups to make the centre their home and encourage more volunteers to join.

“Recent retirees looking to fill some of their newly acquired free time, or newly arrived residents coming to the area for their retirement and wanting to properly integrate into this community would be willingly accepted into the Phoenix family.

“Many local organisations also hire the Phoenix premises for their meetings and events, and it could be in the interests of all concerned if the centre continued to operate in its usual way.

“Some members of those groups may like to integrate individually into the Phoenix to ensure its continuity.”

Mr Howe said a future open meeting could be organised in the Phoenix Centre for anybody interested in the charity’s work and how it can continue to benefit the elderly in Watchet and its surrounding communities.

Anybody who wants more information should call Mr Howe on 07989 852 264 or email to [email protected].