Richard Allen works at Aldi in Cornwall and he noticed an elderly woman shopping every week during lock down, but only buying one or two tins of food. She never bought fresh vegetables or any other food. After a few weeks he asked her if she wanted help getting fresh food and she told him she lived alone with no oven, only a microwave. She had no family that could help her out. Richard immediately arranged for a local café to send her a hot meal every day, offering to pay for the meals. When the café heard the story, they insisted on giving the woman meals with no charge. Richard also fixed her doorbell. The story went viral on social media; one person wrote, “There really are some lovely people out there with a good heart”.
- Why was the woman only buying tinned food?
- Is it good for us to live only on tinned food? Why do we need fresh vegetables?
- Richard must have been very busy working in the shop, he could have just got on with his job and not spoken to her; how would that have changed this story?
- Why did he arrange for meals to be sent to her every day?
- Why do you think Richard fixed her doorbell?
- Why did the café say they would not charge for the meals?
- What does this show about people during lockdown today? (people are helping each other)
- Who may have felt like an outsider at the start of this story? Why?
- Who made sure the woman no longer felt like an outsider?
- What can we learn from Richard and from the café?
No Outsiders: Everyone different everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat
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