Writing letter letters for charity

[finzi]

Hi everyone,

 

Today I sat down and looked for charities in the UK that ask people to write letters or cards which will be forwarded to people in need of social connection, or just a little cheer. Most of the ones I found involve writing one-off letters, and you will not receive a reply, but you will know that you have made a small difference to somebody’s life. There is also one organisation which describes itself as a free penpal matching service, based on a similar premise to the others in that you will be writing to someone who is in need of personal connection, but you will receive a reply and you can build a correspondence relationship with someone to whom it will make a big difference.

 

I thought I’d start this thread so that people can list and find similar organisations all around the world. If you’d like to reply to this thread with your suggestions, I hope it will be a useful resource for people who would like to give something back and use their fountain pens at the same time! Win-win situation. ❤️

 

Perhaps one of the moderators can advise me on how to keep this initial post updated beyond the usual editing time limit, to serve as a single reference list in the future.

 

 

Organisations through which you will receive a reply to your letter from the recipient:

Letterbox

https://omega.uk.net/letterbox/

 

Prison Fellowship

https://prisonfellowship.org.uk/letter-link/letters-kept-me-strong/

 

More Love Letters (absolutely no romantic connotations, just letters of support and compassion, perhaps they should have named this more carefully!)

https://www.moreloveletters.com/get-involved

 

Organisations which welcome one-off letters “donations” to people who are unwell or for some reason socially isolated or lonely:

 

From Me to You (letters to adults with a cancer diagnosis)

https://www.frommetoyouletters.co.uk/donate-a-letter
 

Give a Few Words

https://thegive.co.uk/write-a-letter/
 

Post Pals (letters to children with illnesses)

https://www.postpals.co.uk/

 

Age UK (letters to the elderly)

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/derbyandderbyshire/about-us/news/articles/2020/letters/

 

 

[Baggins]

Thank you!

🙏 

[Baggins]

Will they accept letters from abroad. I am in Portugal?

[finzi]

56 minutes ago, Baggins said:

Will they accept letters from abroad. I am in Portugal?

Absolutely! ❤️❤️

[Baggins]

1 hour ago, finzi said:

Absolutely! ❤️❤️

I am embarrassed to say that I searched and searched and in Portugal I couldn’t find anything. Sad, the sense of citizenship and solidarity we seem to display here. ☹️