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The Big Knit

Do you love knitting?

A great activity to consider while in lockdown is knitting – not only does it promote good mental wellbeing through relaxation, this knitting challenge will also give you a chance to be creative.

Whether a knitting ninja, purling pro, crochet connoisseur or just keen to have a go it’s time to get wild about wool. Please make as many small hats as possible that will fit on an innocent smoothie bottle. For each be-hatted smoothie sold, Age Concern Colchester & NE Essex receives 25p, and that money helps the Charity continue to support older people who are facing later life alone during this challenging time and long into the future after COVID_19. Age Concern has developed extended pandemic services to help those with dementia, the isolated, people who have Care issues and families who need emotional support so please help give us a boost so we can assist as many people as possible. 

This time we are hoping you can help us reach our target of 50,000 hats please – which is double that of last year. With everyone safe at home we are hoping to collect quite a hoard.

Once your hat collection is complete, keep them and after things start to open up again, we we let you know the venue where to take them. Patterns can be downloaded from below to print.

The specific knitting patterns you can find below so please stick to the guidelines. Let’s colour in our days over NE Essex with as many of these hats as possible like you all did last year for the Big Knit.

Thank you so much.

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  • This couple are both disabled and in their 90’s but living independently in their own home. Mr B called in to ask for some help from Age Concern. The support…

    Couple in their 90’s Struggling Before Age Concern Support
  • Barbara called in to see if she could get support as she was living in sheltered accommodation, paying full rent and council tax and was facing financial difficulty. On visiting…

    Thorough, Professional and Caring
  • Laurence called us to help with an Attendance Allowance form renewal after we helped him the year before. When attending site Debbie realised that Laurence had no heating. Age Concern…

    Attendance Allowance and Much More…
  • “I contacted Age Concern because they have helped me before. As I am partially blind they offered to find a suitably qualified boiler repair person and within 24 hours everything…

    I needed an emergency oil-fired heating expert
  • “I experienced a really difficult time in my life and Debbie met me and took all the anxiety of the situation away. There were many benefits that I didn’t even…

    Support from Debbie

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Age Concern Colchester & North East Essex

63 North Hill, Colchester, Essex, CO11PX
We are wheelchair accessible at the rear of our property and the team have had dementia friend training.

Phone: 01206 368420
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ageconcerncolchester.org.uk

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