At the close of what has been another traumatic and isolating year for older people, we want to provide the Gift of Christmas for those who will not have access to a hot meal and will not see anyone on Christmas day. Our gift will include a hot Christmas meal, a gift box of Christmas goodies and a befriending call on Christmas morning. Our gift will provide the little warmth and happiness that everyone deserves at Christmas time, so they feel they are not alone.

At the start of the pandemic our staff and volunteers quickly adapted our regular services to provide much needed front-line support to older people who needed to shield. We provided a weekly hot meal delivery service to those who could no long access their usual means of a hot meal. This service will be re-instated to provide and deliver up to 200 hot Christmas meals in addition to a gift box and a friendly call on Christmas morning from our telephone befirenders.