A personal letter from the prime minister on Christmas day and a Points of Light Award. Read more [...]
A personal letter from The Prime Minister on Christmas Day.
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Category Archives: The Christmas Dinner
Lemn Sissay’s account 
of The Christmas Dinners from 2013 to the present day.
All The Christmases in all the world.
I'm eating breakfast at The Chancellors Hotel on Christmas Eve because this year I'm attending The Manchester Christmas Dinner. Whoop Whoop This is a movement. The Christmas Dinners are lighting up Read more [...]
An outbreak of kindness all over the UK.
Through restoring community, renewing civic life and claiming our place in the world, we build a society in which our extraordinary nature – our altruism, empathy and deep connection – is released. Read more [...]
A little help from my friends. Crowdfund.
In this blog I am going to make you feel good (possibly) and ask for your help. The Christmas Dinner for care leavers was inspired by The Tope Project in 2012. . In 2013 the first Christmas dinner Read more [...]
A Message from the Oxford Christmas Dinner Group.
Dear reader The Oxford Christmas Dinner team are incredible and they've done some amazing work in making a brilliant Christmas Dinner last year. I received this message in September and wish them Read more [...]
The Brand New Christmas Dinner How To Guide.
Here are Facebook page links for all the previous Christmas Dinners 1. Manchester 2. Hackney 3.Leeds 4. Liverpool 5. Oxfordshire. A few months ago representatives from each dinner Read more [...]
“Am I Dreaming?”
Thanks for reading my blog posts. I wish you well this year. I hope to make these blog posts more interesting in 2017. I can’t guarantee the fluidity of grammar you may find in finer writers. Read more [...]
From The Stars To The Stars by TV writer Sally Abbott.
"From The Stars To The Stars” Is a video of TV celebrities made exclusively for Care Leavers on Christmas Day at Lemn Sissay’s Christmas Dinners. This is a guest blog post from the woman who makes Read more [...]
How to Change The World: One Day at a Time..
Oxford. Leeds. Liverpool. Manchester. London. Who is spreading love? Who is changing the world on our doorstep? Is it al the volunteers from the London Christmas Dinner in the above photo? Read more [...]
42 days: The aeronautical engineer, Oscar Wilde and a BAFTA nomination.
This blog covers 42 days from Sept 6th October 18th and includes the one year landmark since my installation as Chancellor of University of Manchester. From The Institute of Directors on the roof tops Read more [...]