Tuesday 24th December
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Report written by Lorna Gott
This morning Santa's little Goodgym elves joined volunteers from across East London to help set up for tomorrow’s Hackney Christmas Dinner 2024. Entirely run by volunteers, HCD brings communities together to provide Christmas dinner for young adult care leavers in the area.
The place was buzzing and we helped the team make and hang snowflakes and create festive table decorations as well as helping set tables, chairs and other tasks. It looks set to be a magical day for all involved tomorrow and it was lovely to be a small part of it.
A warm welcome to Alex and Doreen for their first Goodgym Session, it was great to meet you.
Merry Christmas Everyone x
The Christmas Dinner, founded by poet Lemn Sissay OBE, brings communities together to provide a Christmas Day for care leavers, aged between 18 and 25. Since 2014, The Hackney Christmas Dinner celebrates with 50 young people from across East London. For many young people leaving care, this may be their first Christmas living independently - and alone. We provide an abundance of gifts, a superb Christmas Dinner meal, fun, games and company on Christmas Day. Your support means that we can show every one of our guests that they are loved.
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Welcome Alex and Doreen! See you at the next task 👋
Hackney
Help Hackney’s young people do some fun exercise on a Sunday morning