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24th December 2020
07:00am GMT

Here are just five little activities that we often incorporate into our December, and that will remind everyone what this season truly means:
1. Donate winter coats to homeless shelters or direct provision centres
Give warmth this winter, those coats that your children have outgrown, will no doubt be deeply appreciated by others.
2. Check in on elderly neighbours
Drop around homebaked treats, stand at a safe distance from their door for a chat and simply pick up the phone and ask if there is anything they need help with right now.
3. Pay it forward
Those little acts of immediate kindness can leave a lasting impact on someone and you never know how far your kind action can snowball. Pay for the coffee order of the person behind you in the line. Give your still-time-left-on-it parking ticket to someone as you are leaving. It really is the small things when it comes to portraying how small acts of kindness work.
4. Send Christmas cards (and homemade arts and crafts) to a local nursing home
It will no doubt put a smile on many faces and light up the day for someone who might really need it.
5. Donate unused toys
Your local charity shop will be delighted, or check around if there is somewhere local than can distribute these toys directly to people living in emergency accommodation or direct provision centres.Explore more on these topics: