Do You Know Someone Who Is Lonely In Your Neighbourhood?
Could you spare a bit of time to drink tea and hear about the weather?
There are around 5 million older people in the UK that depend on just their television for company. But you could be there for them.
Imagine if you are stuck in your home all day, only getting out to the local store if the weather is fine and you feel ok. Imagine if you had no family or friends to come and visit you on a regular basis or even at all?
Help the Aged – a UK charity – say that there are around 1 million elderly people that say that they feel ‘trapped in their own home’, which is a really bad fact to know.
There could be someone in your very street that is living this life – and you are just a few houses away watching tv or reading a book.
A visit from you could make all the difference.
What Can You Do?
Well, there are plenty of things you can do from the very simple to the very generous – anything from delivering a tasty cake, to a quick bit of shopping all the way through to inviting them to yours for dinner or setting up your own local day center and activities for everyone in your community!
It would be fantastic if a neighbour brought around a fruit cake – and I’m not even living on my own, so imagine how much this could mean to someone who hasn’t seen another person in a week?
So imagine how great if would be if you were eating that cake with your neighbour whilst playing Scrabble and chatting about things in the news!
If you are feeling a bit more enthusiastic – you can help more than 1 person. Why not convince your local community centre, church hall or school to let out one of their rooms every other Tuesday or whatever, and get a ‘coffee morning’ set up.
With the help of some volunteers, you could have loads of people all turning up in the same place, eating cakes, drinking tea, playing Scrabble and chatting about the news!
You might even involve the younger generation, and teach them a thing or 2 about community spirit – and learning about the history of your village from the people who have been living here for 60 years or more!
Think about it.
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