The Rosh Hashanah appeal of Jewish Care highlights the cost to the charity of helping service users through the pandemic. It needs to raise an extra £5 million beyond the £16 million it normally needs to generate from the community.
Since lockdown, 1,200 community members have depended on Jewish Care for meals on wheels. Some 1,400 clients and their families are relying on the support of its social work teams and inquiries to the Jewish Care helpline are up by 40 per cent.
The appeal proceeds will go towards personal protective equipment and sanitiser, infrared thermometers for care homes and independent living schemes, trained advisers for the helpline and meals on wheels.
Jewish Care chief executive Daniel Carmel-Brown said he was “humbled by the way our staff and volunteers kept going” during and beyond lockdown.
