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December 16, 2020
12:40 pm
As the world went into lockdown in March, many people faced a situation like no other. “I’ve been feeling pretty helpless watching the news,” Becky Wass wrote on Facebook. “I wanted to do something about it, so I’ve made a postcard that I’ll be posting to my older neighbours as this progresses.”
The postcard was a simple piece of graphic design – asking people if they needed help picking up shopping, posting mail or if they simply wanted a friend phone call. “If just one person feels less lonely or isolated when aced with his pandemic, then I’ll feel better about it,” Wass added.