Strictly Come Dancing legend Arlene Phillips gives food delivery staff dance masterclass
express.co.ukStaff members were treated to a dance lesson with Arlene before delivering meals, as part of the brand's "bringing sunshine" initiative, to help bring joy to its customers during the cold winter months.It comes after a study of 2,000 adults, also commissioned by Wiltshire Farm Foods, found a third of over 65s haven’t had a meaningful interaction in more than four weeks.Dame Arlene Phillips said: "It is absolutely shocking how many people don’t have any communication with another human being for weeks on end."Loneliness is a real blight on society and is something most, if not all of us, suffer from time-to-time."So, when I got the chance to bring a little sunshine back into peoples’ lives with a good old song and dance routine, I jumped at the opportunity."And the drivers did really well - 10s all round from me."Loughborough-based delivery driver Paul Wells said: "I’m not normally much of a dancer but I am fan of Strictly, so thought I would give it ago."To get dancing tips from Arlene Phillips was amazing and I thought I did okay.
Lizzie [my customer] seemed to enjoy it when I delivered her meals, so that was great."I hope my invite to take part in the next series of Strictly doesn’t get lost in the post."The study also found over half (54 percent) of the adults polled have felt lonely at some point within the last month.And they typically experience feelings of social isolation around two days a week.Around a quarter believe social media and other forms of digital communication, rather than bringing people together, are partly to blame for the apparent rise in loneliness.But one in five said speaking to people face-to-face has become an increasingly rare occurrence for them.In a similar vein, 59 percent worry they’ll.
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