It is a great time to relax when you go home for Christmas. I love spoiling my daughter. However some people have no homes to go to…
It has been very frosty in the UK and weather forecasters are predicting a white Christmas this year, which is no fun for those who have nowhere to go and are sleeping rough. Why not make a gift of a night in a homeless shelter or buy a Christmas dinner for someone homeless this year?
It is estimated that 117,000 children will be homeless in the UK this Christmas
For homeless young people who have run away to London there is Centre Point’s Home For Christmas appeal – click here
In my area the Society of St James organises such for the homeless click here
Or there is Crisis at Christmas click here
There must be many organisations in your area that you can help: A home is where the heart is.
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Thank you for reminding us to do what we can for the neediest among us! Good timing given the time of year and so many have so little.
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For me that is what Christmas is all about – thanks for your words.
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Beautiful thought: thank you. We lost power for 42 hours and were sitting shivering in the candlelight. A short time, perhaps, but enough to be thankful for the light and the heat and the power and the water, when they all came back. Deprivation is not good. Blessings … and what a beautiful breakfast in bed!
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Thanks for your words Roger
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Very thoughtful of you to remember this during the festive season☺
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I believe this is part of the ‘Christmas Spirit’ – Thanks Mithai
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Thank you for providing resources so that others might share to help others who need the help.
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Your welcome but then this is just for those in Britain
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That will help lead others to places that can help there, and may inspire others to make similar posts to help others in their own areas. It was nice of you to do.
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Thanks Randy
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Yes, Christmas is a time for giving not just to family and friends but those truly in need.
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I am glad you agree
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Now we’re getting old (though I hope not decrepit) my husband and I have decided we just don’t need to exchange presents with each other. So we’re getting involved in the Reverse Advent Calendar project here, which invites you to buy something every day in Advent to make a useful;, but also festive food hamper for a food-bank user. I think a couple of those will be more useful than another present we don’t need. Having said that, we do still fill a stocking for each other. That’s a bit of fun.
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They have people here too collecting for food banks in supermarket foyers. They ask shoppers to buy an extra tin of food for the poor. Our family buy each other treats such as a meal out or give money towards the next holiday for Christmas. Then we to open a stocking full of cheap things to unwrap on Christmas Day.
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Thank you SOL. A timely reminder. Although we are really struggling as a family, we are comparatively very comfortable. I will consider the homeless of Bristol in my Christmas planning.
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If you are short of cash there are always donations of sleeping bags and warm clothing and don’t forget your Xmas Dog special of The Big Issue!
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I’ll get TBI from my fave vendor
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Nice post! I am currently reading “A Gift from Bob” written by James Bowen.It is about various Christmases in his life , when he was a child and when he was an addict living homeless on the streets in London and Christmas with his cat Bob ( of Streetcat Bob fame). I have read all the Bob books and it has made me see homeless people differently. Thanks for this reminder.
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Thanks Anne, they have just made a film “A Street Cat Named Bob”of these books – but you know what they say “wasn’t as good as the book” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Street_Cat_Named_Bob_(film)
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