Five sisters plan to spread festive cheer by handing out hot food to those in need on Christmas Day
Updated: 22/12/2020, 9:52 am
Five sisters from Stonehaven will swap opening presents on Christmas Day for handing out food to the homeless in a bid to ensure no one goes without a hot meal over the festive period.
The daughters of local businessman Syed Abdul Hamid, who is also known as Raj, were inspired by their dad’s generosity throughout the pandemic, which saw him offer up free meals to NHS workers and frontline staff at his restaurant Carron to Mumbai based in the town.
Pictured is Belmont Street, Aberdeen, as the city moved into tier 3 coronavirus restrictions.
The city was behind East Lothian, Midlothian, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire.
Level three restrictions mean, all hospitality venues must close at 6pm and – inside or outside – are not allowed to sell alcohol. It also means people can’t travel outside their local authority area.
In Aberdeen city centre yesterday drinkers drifted away premises well before the restrictions came into force at 6pm.
Aberdeen University students Emily Cope, 22, and Daryl Nisbet, 23, were sat enjoying a drink outside Fierce on Exchequer Row.
She said: “We just finished our university course and we’ve not really been out much but we thought we’d come out seeing how it is the last day so we are braving the cold.