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Dear Friends,
As we all emerge blinking from the coronavirus lockdown, we'd love you all to start imagining what you can do for our National Day for Older People, Silver Sunday this year.
Last year we had an incredible 1,200 events all across the UK. This year we are inviting individuals, organisations and community groups to use their imagination to create new ways to celebrate Silver Sunday - whether via socially responsible events on your doorstep, indoors, outdoors, by post, phone or online.
Can you bake Cakes for your Communities? Could you run a Friendly Facetime, Online Opera or a Zoom Zumba? Organise a socially distant Park Promenade, a Street Spectacular or Befriend a Buddy by phone?
These past few months have been particularly difficult for older people as coronavirus took its hold over loved ones as well as daily life. We also know how much of a difference Silver Sunday provides as a day to look forward to, for opportunities for connection and reciprocal acts of kindness and gratitude. Silver Sunday provides a silver lining of hope and happiness to those for whom worry, isolation and loneliness can be a daily challenge. So whilst doing everything we can to protect our vulnerable older population we are calling on kind partners like you to do what you can to make a difference around the UK this October.
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