THIS Morning fans were moved to tears today when the show reached out to lonely listeners as part of The Celeb Report’s Christmas Together campaign.
Our Agony aunt, Deirdre Sanders, teamed up with hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to encourage people to join our army of volunteers and support those feeling cut off and isolated this Christmas.
Deirdre said: “At The Celeb Report we are so conscious that one in five people are going to be alone over Christmas and maybe it’s happening to you.
“You can volunteer, you can go online and do it, it’s so easy, to nhsvolunteerresponders.org.uk and you can volunteer to either have a half hour phone chat with somebody or do something for someone, their shopping or collect their medication.”
Holly and Phil then spoke to pensioner Margaret from Devon who revealed she hadn’t been outside for three months owing to the coronavirus lockdown.
Margaret highlighted how widespread the problem of loneliness is in the run up to Christmas – with This Morning arranging for roaming reporter Josie Gibson to go on a socially distanced walk with her.
Later, grieving Debbie told the show how she has been struggling with the loss of her husband who was only 47 when he died and was her soulmate, saying she didn’t know what to do.
She said during the show’s phone in: “We were together 25 years and he was the rock of the family. The emptiness has left a massive hole in my life.”
