A group of
pensioners have stripped off to pose naked for a charity calendar.
Staff and
volunteers at the Elders Voice organisation posed nude to break the stigma
attached to growing old while raising money in the process.
Elders Voice
works with and for older people in the London Borough of Brent, enabling them
to stay safe, secure and independent in the home of their choice while offering
a variety of social and leisure opportunities.
Richard
Downes decided to get involved in the production of the calendar after his
wife, Jean Bayliss, who also features in the calendar, persuaded him to take
part.
In the
pictures, the husband and wife duo can be seen waltzing around a dayroom in the
nude as a naked man plays the piano in the background.
Richard
said: “I only really did it because my wife asked me to.
“She
persuaded me it would be fun, and it would probably be the only time I ever did
it. It helped that we have both had a long-term relationship with Elders Voice
and feel supportive of the organisation.
The glossy
A4 calendar, which can be purchased online for £15, is part of the In Rude
Health campaign which aims to question stereotypes about age and ageing.
The
volunteers behind it hope to make people laugh, and maybe even blush, but
certainly change public perception about age.
All monies
raised from the sale of the calendars will help the organisation continue to
offer their Older People’s Activity and Exercise Programme and Dementia Cafes.