"At the Maeshyfryd Fruit and Veg Club we've devised a way for older people to get out, who might otherwise find it difficult. All of our walks are risk assessed, some for able-bodied people and some with wheelchair access in mind. They can walk, or push a chair for support or get in it when they're tired.

The walks are now really popular. The people are waiting for us - if we don't turn up we're in trouble! Even when the forecast isn't good, we hear from the old and vulnerable people that 'It's only a bit of rain - come and get us'!

We go for a walk on Newry Beach each Wednesday evening, just up the top beach and back along the bottom beach, which has been assessed as about a 35-minute walk. But people are turning up for the walk in wheelchairs and on crutches so we have a walk, a chat, exchange views and put the world to right and it takes about one and a half hours! We only go as fast as the slowest person there - there's no rush, just get people out to enjoy the fresh air. If anyone gets tired of wheeling their own chair, a volunteer is there to help them out.

If people thank us once for taking them on these walks, they thank us 50 times. It's a real buzz for us."

But what do the walkers think?

Margaret: "I've lived at Penucheldre [sheltered housing] for 13 years and it's a lovely place to live. People don't usually move out unless they're going into a home - it's great here. We've got a new scheme manager who organises things for us, like going on trips, having our nails done and going on the community walks.

We've been on walks down Newry Beach, and in the parks. I especially love Quarry Park up Holyhead Mountain. It's where they took all the rock to build the breakwater.

I did miss the country when I first moved here, but I like it now - it's a very healthy place to live, with all the trees around us."

Vera really has got a new lease of life from the walks:
"Before I began to go on the walks I couldn't walk very far. I've had a few illnesses and I've got a problem with swelling in my legs and I didn't walk very far at all, but after these walks I can get a lot further. I walk pushing a chair for support because I'm afraid of falling, but I do walk.

These walks have given me more confidence. I didn't really get out so much before because I was afraid of falling, but having people with us is great. The helpers are marvellous. We couldn't do any of this without them. They make sure we're all OK, they're always there and they're really good."