Lonely This Christmas
Daily Mirror|November 30, 2020
1 in 5 fear they will not see anyone over festive season. Campaign calls for volunteers to help battle blight
Julie McCaffrey
Lonely This Christmas

More than one in five people fear they will not see anyone over the festive period and many “dread” the idea of Christmas, a poll found.

But a campaign backed by Hollywood star Michael Sheen and the Archbishop of Canterbury hopes to change that.

The #ChristmasTogether initiative calls for people to contact anyone who might be living alone or shielding – either phoning for a chat, inviting them for a Christmas game online or meeting them for a walk in the park.

You can also help strangers by signing up as an NHS Volunteer Responder.

This story is from the November 30, 2020 edition of Daily Mirror.

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