“Knock and Check” campaign launches with lunch for a WWII veteran

WWII veteran Peter Smoothy, 95, ran the Four Fathoms in Herne Bay for over forty years for Shepherd Neame. Peter lives alone and like many elderly men and women he can feel lonely and isolated. Shepherd Neame wanted to get involved with the Kent Community Foundation Knock and Check campaign and invited Peter to one of their pubs for lunch. A small act of kindness which is at the very heart of the campaign. Josephine McCartney, Chief Executive, Kent Community Foundation, said, “Figures from Age UK tell us that almost…

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