Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Hello everyone I am a 27 year old girl who is finding it hard to face the fact I will be alone for the first time this Christmas in 27 years. I have come from such a close loving family and I am truly gutted and not coping very well with knowing I will be alone. Does anybody have any ideas of what I could do on Christmas Day? To save being alone? Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Link to comment
https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/135528-alone-at-christmas/
Share on other sites

Hi, I am very sorry to hear this but a huge well done for reaching out! How about volunteering? There are several worthwile causes in the area that often look for staff. I worked one year with familes and young children in Camberwell. I will have a look to see if I can find the details. There are also alot of activities going on in local churches around the area. The community spirit is high even if you are not a regualar church goer.

Hi,


You could see if Crisis is still taking applications for Christmas: http://www.crisis.org.uk/pages/volunteer-for-crisis-at-christmas-in-london.html


I also came across this charity the other day: http://communitychristmas.org.uk - you can search for local events.


I am sure you'll find something.

I realise this is on a older person page but found this - I'm sure if you look online there are more things.


http://sixtyandme.com/fun-things-to-do-if-you-are-spending-christmas-alone/


I also had a look on Meet Up.com and found this - https://www.meetup.com/LONDON-MEETUP-SOCIAL-GROUP-KENS-EVENTS/events/227288984/


I think Meet Up sound great - a girl at work goes out with different groups and has a great time.

When I find myself alone at Christmas I usually go to a local church & volunteer helping feed the old & homeless. It gave me such a lovely feeling of doing something, rather than sitting at home alone feeling lonely. It has subsequently

Helped me understand we are all here to help each other in whatever way we feel we can. I see it as an opportunity to connect & never feel lonely again. Well done for reaching out, you are very brave & if all else fails, you are welcome for Christmas dinner at my house. I'm on my own too, except for my dog Barney!

Nigel


07961888253

Oh & Happy Christmas, I'm sure it will be

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Starting this Wednesday 17 September at 10am and 1pm. Some spaces left so please get in touch.  A lovely bonding experience with your baby and a skill you can use with your child throughout their life.  60 mins of class time and then 30 mins for informal chat to connect with the other parents with delicious refreshments. This extra time is a real added bonus for most parents.  Runs for 5 weeks, same day and time each week.  Great to do with your NCT/baby group or just to meet other parents with a baby.  Maximum of 5 x parent with baby each class.  Suitable for babies pre crawling.  Please get in touch for more information. Best to what’s app on 07982 630246 or message through my website  www.nourishmassagetherapy.co.uk Pregnancy and post natal massage also available.
    • This is a useful source of info regarding this issue https://www.hacaneast.org.uk/home/
    • As I age, I understand a lot more about community spirit and people’s fear in the current climate of going to the assistance of a person in need. Yes, this might in part be aged related but is also driven by not wishing or wanting to help but a combination of self preservation and yes, fear of what the attacker might do or even worse get stabbed or physically assaulted.  Whilst it would be great to have more police presence to reassure community and hopefully act as a deterrent to people whose aim is to rob people or home and attack people, due to the cutbacks and not sure about my next comment but lack of police officers in general and reduce number of recruits, let’s face it - we as a community should step up to protect our community and assist police. Years ago, I attended one of these evening meeting with the local police officers - turn out was less than a dozen local residents. Yes, was in the evening when a lot of families were dealing with homework, feeding, after school activities and obviously there are housebound people and older members of the community who understandably would not wish to come out. I believe that to address this, the church at the top of Barry Road near the library have over the last couple of years advertised  and organised day time meeting with two local police officers responsible for the area to address issues concerning the local community. What  happened in daylight might as mentioned above been in part caused by an individual with possible mental health problems - the point is we should all feel safe on our streets in London and without doubt if you read the news, seems like stabbing, assault is now just the norm - a reflection of modern day society in any large town in the UK. If memory serves me correctly, not related to assault but was not someone stabbed a couple of years ago near the junction with the organic shop? And I believe mentioned recently someone died in the local community from an assault. Would be good to have an update from the police or someone known to the individual attacked.  I was in East Dulwich just last week talking to a friend in Barry Road and was surprised to see two bobbies walking along the road in broad daylight so now having heard about the assault can only assume police presence has been increased.   
    • Disagree. Where are the police when you need them? People want a police presence, they want to feel reassured by seeing them do what the word suggests, policing, so go catch some bad guys, arrest, charge and get the CPS to prosecute with the evidence to enable this to happen. Stabbing and shootings are so common place they no longer even get reported in the public domain. How many crimes don't get solved? Rather case closed and forgotten. The number of low to high level crimes which remain unsolved is staggering.  The criminal fraternity know this, they know they won't get caught so they just carry on.  Biggest crimes which affect most people, probably are phone and car theft, both are prolific and what do the police do, diddly squat. zilch, nothing, provide a crime reference number and the case is closed. Not good enough, not by a country mile.   Met Engage? I don't think so.
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...