Month: April 2020

Please see below some of the lovely comments we have received and acts of generosity for our work in the communuity “The BBC are holding a charity marathon in late April. So I thought why not pay a donation direct to a local organisation for local people. I have sent £50 to your account and… Continue reading ‘Kindness and Generosity’

What an amazing week already. We have been hearing some lovely stories of kindness and generosity, with neighbours sharing food, calling each other to check in how they are doing and helping out in whatever way they can. We too have been busy helping with various things including some shopping. A few of them had… Continue reading ‘Bringing it all together’

Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber is calling all musical lovers! Starting this Friday, they will be releasing a full-length, smash-hit musical once a week for you to watch for free on YouTube! It will be available for 48 hours, so you can tune in whenever you like over the weekend! The next one is this Friday… Continue reading The Shows Must Go On!

Below are two pictures that two of our members wish to share with you. “A picture perfect view from my door whilst self isolating” Can anyone guess where it is? I can see some of the flowers have dropped already but there are still some flowers holding on. Thank you for sharing this lovely image… Continue reading ‘A Picture Perfect View’

How many did you get?

A puzzle for you this weekend. In this cartoon by Ella Baron there are 27 sayings/figures of speech. See how many you can find Answers tomorrow

“I was listening to Desert Island Discs just now and the actor Brian Cox said he always carries a photo of himself as a child. It reminds him of how the world seemed bright and full of endless possibilities. Looking at himself as he was then helped him through the dark times as well……anyway this is a… Continue reading ‘Childhood Portrait’

… ‘parsley, Sage Rosemary and Thyme’. OK, we don’t have any Parsley, but we do have Sage, Rosemary and Thyme up at the Caring Together allotment. If you would like any of these fresh herbs just let us know.    

Over the last two weeks we have made over 850 phone calls. We have been in contact with over 350 local older residents and responded to a large number of people needing emergency food provisions. We have also been dealing with various other requests such as help with reduced income due to a reduction hours,… Continue reading “Caring Together”

Caring Together had a nice delivery today. 3 large boxes containing 120 smaller individual snack boxes delivered to us by a volunteer from Otley Action for Older People, courtesy of Jet 2, who delivered them to Otley earlier in the week. Many thanks for this. They will be a nice addition to any food deliveries… Continue reading Thanks for the snack boxes.