** Campaign update 17 December 2020 **

A massive thank you to everyone that has supported and donated to Worthing Cares so far, especially ETI, Waitrose, Carpenter Box and Micawber Lettings and Bacon and Bacon and Co.

We're now busy wrapping and packing at Guild Care HQ and can't wait to start delivering some festive cheer across the community from Christmas Eve onwards.

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Guild Care want to help those dealing with loneliness over Christmas by delivering joy, cheer and hope to those that will be on their own. After a long, hard year there are many in our community that have never felt as lonely as they do now. But we have a plan - and we need your help.

We want to deliver Christmas hampers and a socially-distanced doorstep chat across the community to people like Julie, one of our Friendship Club members. Closing our doors in March due to Covid has had a devastating impact on Julie's mobility, mental health and diabetes.

Julie is also facing her first Christmas alone. A hamper delivery will "stop Christmas feeling like any other day and will mean so much knowing that you are thinking of me".

We appreciate that this has been a tough year for everyone. Any donation you are able to give will help deliver festive cheer and hope to someone like Julie. A gift of £40.00 could provide a complete Christmas hamper and a socially-distanced doorstep chat to one of our community's most vulnerable older people.