Ballymena school children make care home pen pals

"It's so nice, so heartening and so enjoyable."

John, a care home resident in Ballymena, has described the joy it brings to receive letters from a local primary school.

Pupils at Moorfields Primary School have been writing letters as part of a project to combat loneliness.

Marjorie Hawkins from the Loneliness Network said she hoped young people would learn how older people felt when isolated during the Covid-19 pandemic.