In May 2020 we were all planning on celebrating V E day in style but that was not to be! The pandemic hit and almost everything and everyone stopped and stayed at home.
Pimm’s and Needles were keen to get out there and help in any way that we could so we applied to The National Lottery for community funding to make VE day boxes for elderly people living in the North -East region.
Working under the strict government guidelines of the first lockdown we enlisted the help of volunteers to sew union jack bunting for each recipient to hang up at home, organise embroidery kits, collect donations of books and toiletries and pack all the goodies into boxes.
We were supported by local businesses who donated food items such as biscuits, tea bags and fruit.
The boxes were delivered from our hub in Croft on Tees right the way up to Sunderland, down to Northallerton, out to the dales and across to the coast.
In such uncertain times it was a brilliant achievement to be able to find a way to pull the community together and help those shielding and most isolated.