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The community interest company was set up as part of the social prescribing network and provides a safe space for people who need company, support and weekly lunches.

Staff can also make referrals to professional services when needed.

Ms Walker, who was housebound due to illness, said her husband had been her primary carer for 18 years.

She said attending the Crescent & Co had given him the opportunity for some respite.

“That means he’s able to go to university, because he knows I’m in a safe place and that’s so give us a lot more freedom as a family,” she said.

“I’ve learnt so many new skills – jewellery making, knitting.”

Ms Walker said the community group’s founder, Paula Chamberlain, had given her a sewing machine and she was now doing a course in clothes-making at college.

“I never would’ve had that opportunity without the Crescent & Co,” she said.

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