Are you spending Christmas alone or do you have time to help those who are? If eligible, you may be able to join the Marmalade Trust family and be able to join others for a festive lunch or a doorstep visit.
Marmalade Trust’s Christmas Cheer project for 2024 aims to reach those who are experiencing loneliness in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and N Somerset, and who will be alone on Christmas Day. Project members are matched with a volunteer who connects with them prior to Christmas Day and the trust arranges a house call visit with a gift box in the lead up to Christmas.
On the day, a carefully matched volunteer will either collect and return each project member to and from their lunch venue or, for those unable to join the lunch, a volunteer will make a doorstep visit, taking a hamper of gifts and stopping for a chat at the door on Christmas Day.
For information on eligibility criteria and referral forms, go to: www.marmaladetrust.org/referral-form
Plus, the trust is also looking for volunteers to make this happen, including drivers, doorstep visitors and drivers who can also stay and help host too.