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Share on Twitter On a regular Christmas Day, around 1000 homeless people sit down at the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross for a Christmas lunch of ham, prawns and pudding. This year, just 81 people will get a seat. The homelessness charity is drastically scaling back its iconic event in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney and government restrictions. Takeaway meals will replace the traditional sit-down affair for many, with those in need able to pick up a free breakfast or lunch and eat it elsewhere. READ MORE Rules around the number of people allowed in a space mean only 27 people will be able to sit down to eat in the Community Hall at a time. ....
Share on Twitter While it’s often spruiked as the happiest time of the year, Christmas can also be lonely and stressful. And during a challenging year upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, charities and services say more Australians have been feeling the strain as they grapple with the emotional and financial fallout of 2020. The Salvation Army is always busiest at this time of year as it provides hampers, gifts, meals and accommodation for those in need, but the organisation expects Christmas 2020 to be its biggest ever. “There’s lots of new faces, lots of new people coming to the army who quite possibly were donors last year,” the organisation’s national public relations secretary Bruce Harmer told SBS News. “This year they’re needing our support.” ....