Roehampton Festival's Kings & Queens lunch

On Sunday it was my pleasure to be involved as one of the volunteer helpers at the annual pensioners lunch (Kings & Queens) organised by the amazing and terrific people at Regenerate RISE. The lunch was held in a marque on the green in Danebury Avenue opposite Minstead Gardens - the same location as Saturday's Roehampton Festival.

Over 350 local pensioners from Roehampton (and further afield) were treated as "Kings and Queens" for the day - enjoying a fantastic lunch, cream tea and generous servings of both soft and slightly stronger liquid refreshment! Music was provided - including a jazz band, classical duo and live singer who belted out a number of music hall favourites (although in my view his most popular number was his rendition of Tom Jones' Delilah!).

Everyone seemed to have a really great time - helped in some small part by the fantastic weather we enjoyed. The real key to the success of the day though was twofold: the fantastic effort made during the day by the volunteers from Regenerate RISE to seat, feed and water 350 people, as well as the fantastic display of community spirit - transcending the generations - that was displayed in the marquee. It was a pleasure and privilege to have been able to be a part of that.