For 12 days leading up to Christmas, we will be highlighting a charity, organisation or community group that has been nominated by members of our community.

The volunteers who started Hooked have been recognised by members of the community for taking the initiative to tackle loneliness in the 20-40 year age group by starting a local crochet group.

Since it launched, members have worked together to handmake items to donate to a number of community projects. This includes creating items for Dorset Council’s Christmas Stocking Installation, which raises awareness of children and young people in care; creating a beautiful woolly campfire for the local Beavers group, so they could learn camp songs, and helping turn Easton into a Woolly Wonderland, bringing joy to 1000s. Some members have even helped teach children the skill of crochet.

In addition, the group have worked behind the scenes on many other projects, including creating gifts for those who have lost babies.

All this, as well continuing to provide a safe space for those who have found it hard to meet people their own age.

What an amazing group they are!