By AFPMore by this AuthorBig-hearted Britons have penned thousands of uplifting messages to be delivered to single seniors on Valentine's Day in a project aimed at alleviating loneliness. The letters and cards were written in recent weeks and left in 10 models of old-fashioned red post boxes set up in locations across London and several other cities. The project also has the support of the Campaign to End Loneliness, which estimates there are nine million lonely people in Britain – four million of them older people. "We really wanted to support this because it gets people thinking about the lonely and isolated people that might be in their life," said Daniel Pattison from the campaign. At the bustling WeWork hub near Holborn in central London, a steady trickle of well-wishers continued to stop by the red post-box this week to deposit messages.

Source: Daily Nation February 14, 2019 09:00 UTC