West Lothian home care company to give 450 donated Christmas gifts to seniors facing isolation due to Covid

Home Instead Livingston’s ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ campaign was launched in November and asked kind-hearted people across the region to donate gifts at several drop-off points or virtually through their Amazon Wishlist.

Williamson’s Garden Centre and J&R Veitch Garden Centre hosted drop-off points and Morrisons and Sainsbury’s supermarkets in Livingston both donated to the campaign.

Home Instead said they were “overwhelmed” to receive 457 donated gifts which the team have wrapped and will distribute across the local area with the help of various groups and charities. These include: Kirk of Calder, Polbeth Harwood Parish Church, Livingston Old Parish Church, West Lothian 50 plus network and Craigshill Good Neighbour Network.

Graham Stevenson, owner of Home Instead Livingston, said: “We are so thrilled that our first ever Christmas campaign has gone so well.

“We didn’t expect so many donations, and we are so pleased that people across the local area got involved. These gifts will bring festive cheer to seniors across the community, many of whom have had a really tough year with the Covid-19 restrictions leading to elongated periods of social isolation.

“We would like to thank everyone who joined in and worked alongside us, including the shops which hosted donation points, and the charities that are helping us distribute the gifts.

“A big, special thank you goes to everyone who donated a gift.”

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