We started to plan a delivery service and a it became obvious that there was demand much larger than we ve seen before. Before I could believe it our list had ballooned to 250.
Luckily, volunteers flooded in, and with help from the likes of Edible London, Collectiv Food and even Deliveroo, meals were prepared and delivered to those in need.
Jennifer added: We knew we had to do a delivery model, but wanted it to be as close to a sit-down dinner. Some of these people have barely had anyone to talk to for months, and we wanted to make it special.
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The circus showman Gerry Cottle has died of Covid-19 at the age of 75. His agent, Mark Borkowski, announced that Cottle had been in hospital in Bath after contracting the virus.
A dynamic champion of circus with a lifelong passion for entertaining, Cottle toured his circus spectaculars around the UK and internationally for more than three decades before taking over Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset in 2003. There, he developed a host of popular visitor attractions alongside the limestone caves. The complex has a clown museum, a fairy garden, circus shows and a circus school and three resident witches. He recently staged a £1m magic show starring his daughter and granddaughter at the caves.
Catherine West MP
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7:00 AM January 2, 2021
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11:43 AM January 20, 2021
Catherine West is concerned about the environmental impact of the fashion industry.
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For more than 40 years, Jacksons Lane has served a Christmas Day feast for older and disabled people.
Sadly, Covid put paid to that this year, but instead their team of volunteers delivered gifts and food across north London.
There are lots of examples like this of our strong Haringey community coming together to help others during this difficult year.
From the mutual aid groups that sprang up during lockdown to charities like the Muswell Hill Soup Kitchen which fundraised for a new van to deliver food to the vulnerable people who could no longer come to them.