January 2021: December found us busy putting together our festive Gift Boxes which were delivered before Christmas to elderly, vulnerable and isolated people in the borough of Croydon.  Our befriending clients were alone over the Christmas period and it was so important to let them know that people do care and were thinking of them.  Thank you to everyone that has donated.  More information about the project can be found on our news page, Christmas Gift Boxes 2020.

Some wonderful feedback from our clients:

One care home manager told us that J was delighted to receive her box and although she told them she wasn’t going to look inside it until christmas day she was like a child and rummaged through an hour after receiving it when no one was about.

D said it was lovely to have something to open on christmas day especially as he would be alone

P was overcome and told me we would never know how much it meant to him

D was thrilled and especially  loved her plant she ate the sweets after one day

J, who is registerd blind, said it is lovely to be able to smell the scent of the hyacynth and it has brought the outdoors inside

P has had a miserable few months suffering with ill health and it really cheered him up, especially knowing someone cares about him

D could not believe it when he saw the RAF newspapers, he was overjoyed and looked forward to reading them while he ate his maltesers