We delivered leaflets ourselves to spread the word too and the pieces in the paper really helped. There was one particularly lovely piece about our help getting prescriptions and we had lots of people get in touch with us after that. Of course, not everyone has social media and we can t take it for granted that everyone has a computer or wifi. We re grateful for the press coverage we got and I think it helped people.
Community life correspondent, Donna-Louise Bishop, launched the Here to Help: Not Alone pen friend initiative
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An offshoot of that initial campaign was the Here to Help: Not Alone pen friend initiative, which saw more than 1,000 people connected across the globe through letters, postcards, and drawings via post and email to individuals, organisations, care homes, and vulnerable people.