Warren, who lives with Asperger syndrome, had been fearing loneliness during the first lockdown. But Rachel, who has worked as a co-ordinator for the supported volunteering project at SAVS for a decade, boosted Warren s spirits with weekly phone calls.
8. Emily Gahagan and Isabelle Clark Emily Gahagan and Isabelle Clark A Shoebury dad was bursting with pride after his daughters raised more than £2,000 by taking part in a sleepout. Emily Gahagan and Isabelle Clark spent 27 hours outside a Tesco store in Southend. The funds raised were donated to Charlie Boys Angels, the Southend Foodbank, CSF and The Project.
9. The Castle pub
An 85-year-old man whose piano playing has been viewed hundreds of thousand of times on TikTok has said he is “blown away” by the new-found attention he’s received.
Alan Melinek, from Watford in north-west London, has accrued 25,000 followers on the video sharing social network, with people tuning in to hear his renditions of classical, pop and jazz tunes.
Mr Melinek – who also goes by Piano Grandad – fell in love with the piano from an early age and met his wife Pat in a jazz club in Soho.
After 46 years of marriage, Pat died with ovarian cancer in 2006 – since then, Mr Melinek has been raising money for Cancer Research UK with monthly concerts, but was stopped in his tracks by the coronavirus pandemic.
An 85-year-old man whose piano playing has been viewed hundreds of thousand of times on TikTok has said he is “blown away” by the new-found attention he’s received.
Alan Melinek, from Watford in north-west London, has accrued 25,000 followers on the video sharing social network, with people tuning in to hear his renditions of classical, pop and jazz tunes.
Mr Melinek – who also goes by Piano Grandad – fell in love with the piano from an early age and met his wife Pat in a jazz club in Soho.
After 46 years of marriage, Pat died with ovarian cancer in 2006 – since then, Mr Melinek has been raising money for Cancer Research UK with monthly concerts, but was stopped in his tracks by the coronavirus pandemic.
Warren, who lives with Asperger syndrome, had been fearing loneliness during the first lockdown. But Rachel, who has worked as a co-ordinator for the supported volunteering project at SAVS for a decade, boosted Warren s spirits with weekly phone calls.
8. Emily Gahagan and Isabelle Clark Emily Gahagan and Isabelle Clark A Shoebury dad was bursting with pride after his daughters raised more than £2,000 by taking part in a sleepout. Emily Gahagan and Isabelle Clark spent 27 hours outside a Tesco store in Southend. The funds raised were donated to Charlie Boys Angels, the Southend Foodbank, CSF and The Project.
9. The Castle pub
An 85-year-old man whose piano playing has been viewed hundreds of thousand of times on TikTok has said he is “blown away” by the new-found attention he’s received.
Alan Melinek, from Watford in north-west London, has accrued 25,000 followers on the video sharing social network, with people tuning in to hear his renditions of classical, pop and jazz tunes.
Mr Melinek – who also goes by Piano Grandad – fell in love with the piano from an early age and met his wife Pat in a jazz club in Soho.
After 46 years of marriage, Pat died with ovarian cancer in 2006 – since then, Mr Melinek has been raising money for Cancer Research UK with monthly concerts, but was stopped in his tracks by the coronavirus pandemic.