EMPLOYEES at Tata Steel’s Llanwern site have combined with Age Cymru Gwent to bring festive cheer to older people in the community this Christmas.
The 800 employees, involved in the ‘From Tata Steel with Love’ campaign, will spend the next month rallying around to collect Christmas presents for more than one hundred older people currently at the Royal Gwent Hospital.
The gifts will then be presented at the hospital towards the end of December.
Age Cymru Gwent’s Anne Jones said, “A lot of older people are staying at the hospital while they wait for a vacancy at a local care home.
"They have little or no family to support or look after them throughout the year, let alone at Christmas, so the festive season can be a particularly lonely time for them.
“Tata Steel’s employee campaign to collect presents for the older people in our community is a fantastic idea.”
Nia Singleton, from Tata Steel, said: “We are delighted to join forces with Age Cymru Gwent to help combat social isolation among older people in the community and look forward to presenting them with our gifts.”
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