29/07/2025
At 75, Lynne has been part of the Mytime Active family for over 25 years. For the past 15 years she's dedicated 18+ hours every week, volunteering as one of our most beloved Primetime Buddies supporting our over-60s community through our specialist Primetime programme.
What makes Lynne truly special? As part of her Buddy role, Lynne completed dementia-friendly training delivered by MIND in Beckenham; all Mytime Active Buddies and many of the Primetime team and Mytime Active staff and instructors are Dementia Friends. The training helped Lynne better understand the many forms dementia can take and how to support members with patience and empathy. She's learned to listen without judgment, offer patience when the same questions are asked repeatedly, and most importantly, to treat everyone as the individuals they are.
Lynne explains: “It's important to treat people living with dementia as ordinary people and not make an issue out of it. It's so important for people with dementia to continue classes – it makes them feel normal and gives them something to think about.
“I love helping people and if they have any problems they do talk to me about them. When I go on holiday, people tell me they’ve missed me – it really means something,” she says. “Primetime feels like a big family. We look out for each other and I love being part of that.”
Thank you, Lynne, for being the smiling, familiar face that so many of our Primetime members look forward to seeing each week.
You can read more about Lynne one our website: https://ow.ly/E3a950WwE08
