Cards for Care Homes

Spread some cheer to our local community this Festive Season.

Help your fellow students and staff to reach our target of writing over 2000 Christmas Cards to send to Care Home residents around Edinburgh.

I started the project in 2020 when I was an RA and it was COVID, I realised loads of us weren't going to make it back home for the holidays with closures and border issues and I saw a couple of articles in the news about the Care Homes and how it was probably one of the most crushing times for them. People couldn't visit their family for safety reasons of course, and they couldn't leave either. So I got together a few students and we wrote maybe a couple hundred cards and took them to a handful of Care Homes in Edinburgh with some biscuits for the staff. It seemed like the nicest thing we could do to be part of the community and really show up for others in such a dark season. We dropped them off at the door waved through the glass and ran off, just like Santa's Elves. 

Julie Ann Phd Student and Project Lead

Join us at one of our card writing sessions at the Pleasance

Help us reach our target of 2000 cards by joining us at one of our card writing sessions. No booking needed, just let the team at reception know you have come to write some cards! Festive attire encouraged! 

We will be holding card writing sessions in the Club Room at 48 Pleasance on:

  • Monday 9 December: 14:00 - 16:00
  • Tuesday 10 December: 12:00 - 14:00
  • Wednesday 11 December: 12:00 - 14:00
  • Thursday 12 December: 12:00 - 14:00

Arrange your own card writing session

Can't make a card writing session at the Pleasance? Why not arrange your own session with friends. colleagues, class mates, or team mates? Get in touch with Julie-Ann to find out more: 

s1681416@sms.ed.ac.uk 

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