Giving the thumbs-up to charity work
1. They’re in the frame for Norwood as part of a range of activities run by the charity, also including cupcake making with Barnet Mayor Brian Salinger at its Kennedy Leigh Centre 2. St Albans Masorti members at the Joint Jewish Burial Society’s Woodland Cemetery in Cheshunt, where they spent the day “digging in” more than 100 native trees
3. The Knit and Natter group in Leeds made and sold “fidget muffs” for older people 4. Jewish and Muslim women from Nisa-Nashim West Midlands prepared and served refreshments to patients, visitors and staff at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital
5. BBYO members collected items for Camp Simcha’s annual Toy Drive, through which thousands of gifts are distributed to children of all denominations in hospital over the festive period
6. New Essex Masorti congregants clearing mental health charity Jami’s allotment in Redbridge 7. Tracy-Ann Oberman was among the volunteers singing for the elderly at Spring Grove care home in Finchley Road
8. Sent packing at Maidenhead Reform Synagogue
9. Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary pupils supported Lupus UK, Unicef and Camp Simcha in activities organised by year six house captains Ethan Clerck, Talia Woolf, Samuel Anto-Agyei and Aaron Caplin
10. At the Jami warehouse in Borehamwood, volunteers from Yavneh’s sixth form were on hand to sort and process donated goods. The items were listed on Jami’s eBay site for sale
11. Daniel Tuhrim playing Connect 4 with Jewish Care Kun Mor and George Kiss resident Harry Goodman
12. Akiva primary pupils in Finchley ran activities supporting seven local, national and Israeli charities 13.York Liberal Community members with representatives of Foss Island Sainsbury’s, who opened the store for a Mitzvah Day collection
14. Newcastle volunteers filled and gift-wrapped 125 festive boxes for the Changing Lives charity
15. Crouch End Chavurah collected goods for asylum seekers
16. Golders Green Synagogue held a knitathon for the Separated Child Foundation