Volunteers have been 'like having a gift from heaven' for older people during pandemic

Volunteers with Alone, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, have clocked up 100,000 hours of volunteering in the first nine months of this year. Picture: iStock

As we head into the dark evenings and cold weather of winter with Covid case numbers remaining high, communities are being called on to remember the older people around them.

The pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns have had an impact on everyone but especially on the older generations.