KIND-HEARTED volunteers from Bolton rubbed shoulders with the aristocracy during a grand day out.

As a special thank you for offering friendship to lonely and isolated people, the volunteers were special guests of charity Contact the Elderly's life patron, His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

The Duke and his grand-daughter, Lady Jasmine Cavendish -- the charity's new president -- presented the volunteers with lapel badges.

Contact the Elderly is a free service offering friendship once a month on a Sunday afternoon. For more details, contact Jenny Broadhurst on 01942 217577.