Dear Editor,
With the festive season heading towards us all, I think it is time to start to spare a thought for those who will be on their own over the Christmas period.
The charity Age UK estimated that around half a million people across the UK expected to feel lonely at some point over the Christmas period, and that for many of those, Christmas isn’t something to look forward to because it brings back too many memories of people who have passed away or of happier times in their lives.
In my book, Christmas is a time to be jolly, with loved ones around you.
Why not pop round to your neighbour’s and provide a lifeline and a cup of tea, with a mince pie or two?
Or invite them round to join you.
I’m sure this will be just what the doctor ordered to prevent Christmas loneliness.
We all need to do our bit to combat loneliness over the Christmas period – so I urge all those out there on the side of the angels to think of just one good deed you can do.
I guarantee that if all of us did just one thing, many people would be grateful and would find the festive period just that little bit more tolerable.
Yours sincerely,
D.F. Courtney
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