When asked if they felt lonely at Christmas, almost half of the respondents replied either “yes” or “sometimes”. However, most people worry about someone else.
The survey also found:
• 30 per cent of people worry about a friend
• 37 per cent of people worry about a parent
• 18 per cent of people worry about a grandparent or great-grandparent
The Salvation Army’s assistant director for Older People’s Services, Andrew Wileman told Premier about the importances of churches stepping up to help those feeling lonely at this time of the year.
“It’s a question of taking the courage to knock on the door and asking if they’re okay,” he said.
“I think there’s a Biblical mandate to look after on another… Church is all about community; it’s about relationship building in the places where we are.”
“We can’t always do something about the bigger picture, the national scene, but we can do something locally, we can do something on our streets and in our churches and in the places where we live in our community.”
Listen to Andrew Wileman speaking with Premier’s Cara Bentley here:
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