Easily changed to New Year traditions / Burns Day or even other national days. Re-cycle Christmas Cracker jokes for National Belly Laugh Day perhaps?

Winter is a time for sharing warming soup and chat - something that can become an intergenerational highlight of the year. Sharing recipes and making together can be a lot of fun too. 

Winter wanders can be as short as a little walk around neighbouring houses or to a local shop - but can mean so much to have a buddy, esp on frosty / snowy days. 

So many ways for tech to help in homes - from conversations, to prompts for chats / memories shared, ordering grocery order and working with devices that can help with appliances and even opening / closing curtains.  

A chat - conversation whether with the parent of young children or a newly retired person, or someone quite housebound...it ALWAYS makes a difference to hear a friendly voice and 'just blether'. 

Lots of reasons can reduce someone's confidence, time or ability to take pets out for a walk. This is a definite all-year-round opportunity, but can also be a double up to encourage someone to get out and have a walk n talk :)

Another year-round opportunity. Whether the new to area pregnant mum or recently bereaved person, someone recovering from accident / hosp treatment or person working from home who meets no-one else.  

Like singing? Play instruments? Able to help mentor someone learning an instrument? Finding out what happens in local area / county usually comes through hearing from others or deliberate internet searches - so enjoy sharing opportunities.