--- title: "Cards for Kindness" url: "https://hopehighschool.co.uk/news/2020-12-02-cards-for-kindness" school: "Hope High School" --- [![Hope High School](https://files.schudio.com/hope-high-school/images/logo/logo_250b.png)![](https://files.schudio.com/hope-high-school/images/logo/logo_250b.png)](https://hopehighschool.co.uk/) - [ Our Community](https://hopehighschool.co.uk/our-community) - [ Key Information](https://hopehighschool.co.uk/key-information) - [ Curriculum](https://hopehighschool.co.uk/curriculum) - [ Term Dates \| School Day](https://hopehighschool.co.uk/termdates) - [ Personal Development ](https://hopehighschool.co.uk/personal-development) - [ Contact Us](https://hopehighschool.co.uk/contact) # Cards for Kindness ![Image of Cards for Kindness](https://files.schudio.com/hope-high-school/images/news/Cards_for_Kindness_Christmas_2020_Social_Media_image_option_3-_website.png) 2 December 2020 To help reduce loneliness at Christmas this year our students are going to be asked to write Christmas cards to elderly residents living in care homes within the Skelmersdale and West Lancs area. Please see below information; # Cards for Kindness ## **Help reduce loneliness in older people this Christmas by sending some festive cheer.** Loneliness is a growing problem among older people, and in care homes it can be a particularly difficult issue to resolve. Figures from Age UK show that 200,000 older people have not had a conversation with friends or family for a month, and 60% of people in care homes get no visitors at all. **Cards for Kindness** is an initiative which aims to reduce loneliness in our care homes by encouraging members of the community to send a card to a local care home. It's always lovely to receive a card through the post and this often sparks conversation and encourages residents to talk to each other. Research shows this has many health benefits, especially for people living with dementia. This is even more prominent amid the coronavirus pandemic as visiting is restricted. ## **How you can help** To send a card all you need to do is write one, attach a stamp and pick a local care home to send it to. You can find your local care home in the lists on this page. The Cards for Kindness project was originally set up by Lancashire County Council in summer 2018 and has since grown and developed across the partnership with more local organisations lending their support and more than 100 care homes now participating. 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