Stay Connected Letter Writing Campaign

Published: November 19, 2020

The Tipperary Volunteer Centre are seeking volunteer letter writers to help our most vulnerable stay connected in their communities. Staff in nursing and care homes throughout Tipperary are teaming up with the volunteer centre to be part of this letter writing campaign.

The letters written by people like you will go to the nursing or care homes where staff will distribute them to residents or service users who they feel would benefit from receiving them. With increased restrictions in nursing and care homes across the country, it is important that they stay connected through these challenging times.

The campaign aims to benefit the residents and service users and continue to lift their spirits. The letters will also give the staff a new topic of interest to chat to the residents about.

You do not have to be an expert wordsmith to volunteer to write a letter, you could include something as simple as kind words and updates about your own life. You could get creative and share a picture, poem or prayer. You could also share local stories of interest or some old stories about the local area or newspaper clippings. You can really use your imagination with this.

Children are welcome to get involved, they could send a letter, poem or a drawing which they would like to share. It could be a nice family activity to do in the run up to Christmas.

An Post has recently launched a free service where you can send letters, large envelopes, packets and parcels up to 2Kg marked FREEPOST to residents in Nursing and Care homes.

You can register your interest for this role online and Tipperary Volunteer Centre staff will be in touch with everything you need to get started. You can also call Sara on 086 0481743 or Tina on 086 0418019 for more information.