GIFTS collected by children from a nursery in the Porthmadog area have been shared out to older people in the area as part of Gwynedd Council’s Bridging the Generations scheme.

This comes after Meithrinfa Hen Ysgol nursery contacted Gwynedd Council eager to see whether it would be possible to share out boxes of gifts the children had prepared for the area’s older people who live alone.

Teleri Rowlands, who co-ordinates the Bridging the Generations scheme, worked with the council’s Community Care team so that Gwynedd’s care staff were able to share the boxes with residents before Christmas.

Cllr Gareth Roberts, Gwynedd Council Cabinet member for care, said: “This is such a heart-warming story – thanks to everyone who has played a part in the work, I’m certain that the presents have been appreciated tremendously.

“With an increasing number of households where older people live alone, schemes like this that has been supported by the council’s Bridging the Generations project try to tackle loneliness amongst older people.

"Projects like this are a fantastic way of realising our vision of bringing the generations together and seeing the positive benefits that delivers.”

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