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Help The Aged Christmas Appeal.

December 12, 2007

One is the Saddest Number Appeal.

Last year, while most people on the Isle of Wight were tucking into their turkey surrounded by family and friends, half a million older people across the UK were eating their Christmas dinner alone.

The so called festive season is far from merry for many of the UK’s pensioners, nearly one and a half million said that they did not look forward to Christmas because they feel lonely at this time of year.  As a result Help the Aged have issued their ‘1 is the saddest number’ Christmas appeal. Read more »

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