Over a million older people will be alone this Christmas

Statistic sources
More than one million older people (11 per cent) spent last Christmas Day (2004) alone.
NOP World, British Gas and Help the Aged survey 2005

Over one million people feel trapped in their homes.
MORI 2000

Every day, three people over the age of 65 commit suicide.
National statistics, ‘Death by age, sex and underlying cause, 2004 registrations’

Almost 750,000 over 70s never go out alone in the day, while more than 3.7 million never go out along after dark.
National statistics 2000

2.5 million people over 60 in the UK are living alone.
National statistics 2000

A quarter of a million older people never see any friends or relatives.
General Household Survey 2001