Christmas is a time for kindness
Kindness UK, which was founded by a TV secret millionaire who visited Redcar, is urging people to use kindness to bind together their communities and to get to know their neighbours at Christmas.
It comes as research shows 70% of people don’t know their neighbours’ names, 94% of people feel there is no ‘community spirit’ in their neighbourhood and 51% of Brits wouldn’t ask their neighbours for help.
David Jamilly, founder of Kindness UK and also the co-founder of London-based party planners Theme Traders, said: “At a time of year when the elderly, isolated and ill are already particularly vulnerable, everyone urgently needs to start working together as a community and look out for their neighbours. Particularly in these dark economic times it could literally be a question of life or death.”
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