Volunteer aged 100 still works at hospital cafe to 'give something back to NHS'

Beryl Carr has been awarded a Points of Light award for her volunteer work by Downing Street. She gets tired, she concedes, but will keep volunteering for as long as she’s able

Beryl Carr eyes an elderly lady walking unsteadily down the hospital corridor, sporting a big patch across one eye. She makes to rise to her feet when the lady stumbles, but thankfully crisis is averted.Turns out Beryl has only just recovered from a cataract operation, but here she is, volunteering at the Friends’ Cafe in Ealing Hospital, London, as she does for four hours every week.

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