MFRS to help deliver afternoon tea to 250 unpaid carers to thank them for pandemic efforts AROUND 250 domiciliary carers across Merseyside will be treated to afternoon tea next week as part of a ‘thank you’ from local organisations for their efforts during the pandemic. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service (MFRS) has teamed up with LFC, Age UK Wirral, all five Merseyside local authorities and a number of other organisations to recognise the commitment and sacrifice made by unpaid domiciliary carers as part of their ‘Care for the Carers’ campaign. The afternoon teas will be prepared by LFC before being delivered by volunteers and MFRS fire crews to carers in Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral on the afternoon of Wednesday 9th June.
Members of the Operation Christmas Lunch team assembled outside The Quirky Cafe in Hoylake Up to a hundred vulnerable older people across Wirral will get to enjoy a traditional Christmas Day lunch this year after local organisations cooked up a plan to deliver a hot turkey roast with all the trimmings to their doorsteps. Dubbed Operation Christmas Lunch, the initiative is being led by Age UK Wirral in partnership with Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS), SP Energy Networks and Wirral Council. Festive meals will be prepared in six cafes and restaurants across Wirral, before being delivered in special ‘hot bags’ by volunteers and MFRS fire crews to older people who are mostly on their own in all parts of the borough.