Care home helps community tackle isolation and loneliness at Christmas - Gills Top

Date: Wednesday 25 Dec 2019

Organiser: Gills Top

Anchor Hanover are inviting older people in the community to join our care homes for our Christmas Day celebrations as part of a campaign to reduce loneliness.

Staff and residents at Anchor’s Gills Top have organised a fun day of Christmas cheer for older people living alone in the town. They now hope older people will get in touch so they can enjoy the festivities at the care home.

The guests will join everyone at Gills Top for Christmas lunch, take part in the festive activities, including games and sing-alongs, and then be taken home when they are ready, all free of charge.

Kirsty Francis, Manager of Gills Top said “Christmas Day is traditionally a time when families and friends get together for a laugh and a chat over a delicious meal.

“Christmas can be an incredibly lonely time if you live on your own so we wanted to extend the warmth and companionship of our lovely home to anyone facing the day alone.

“We go all out at Christmas for our residents, because some of them don’t have anyone else and we are seen as their family so we’re happy to invite some people in to join us for Christmas Day.

“We’ll pick them up in a taxi on the morning and they can spend all day with us and we’ll then organise for them to get taken home.”

If you or someone you know would like to join Gills Top residents on Christmas Day, please call Manager Kirsty Francis on 0800 0854318. Places are limited and will be filled on a first-come-first-serve basis.