Sweet way to stay in touch
V WITH COMMUNITY members unable to come to Jewish Care to celebrate its eighth annual bake day, volunteers from the charity helped to prepare and deliver more than 1,000 cakes to older people in London and beyond.
Tea parties that would normally have been held in volunteers’ living rooms before Covid-19 took place on Zoom.
Community centre co-ordinators also sent out special edition activity magazines with baking-themed crosswords, quizzes and recipes.
Among those making deliveries was Jamie Shone, 18, taking cake and a goody bag to Redbridge Jewish Community Centre member Anita Frankle, 90.
“It was a lovely surprise and I enjoyed the cake for tea,” she said. “I speak to my friends and the staff at the centre and I look forward to going back to be with everybody.”
In its care homes, residents enjoyed cookery demonstrations with the homes’ chefs and an inter-generational online session with the Challah Mummy, Allegra Benitah. Denise Phillips led a junior chef session on Facebook Live. Bakers and others also made donations to the charity.
Jewish Care’s Adam Overlander-Kaye said it been heartwarming to see the community unite under testing circumstances.
“It has once again brightened the day of hundreds of older people who are isolated at home. It has also been a fantastic way for so many people to connect to us across the generations.”
It has again brightened the day of hundreds of older people’