#SendALetter
Are you missing spending time with your friends, or even your colleagues? Put a smile on someone’s face by sending them a personal letter today.
Here at Royal Mail, we have half a millennium’s experience helping to connect families, bring people together and stay in touch.
We want to help you connect through the written word, especially during these uncertain times, when it isn’t so straightforward to see many people face to face.
So, why not take some time out and put your pen to paper to show you’re thinking of someone. With the written word, you can take your time and send a personal and sincere message – that can be kept forever as a memory of how much you care. You could even learn how to make a postcard with our easy how-to video.
Even kids can join in. If they’re missing their grandparents, friends or other family members, they can send them something they can hold in their hands and enjoy – whether the message is words or pictures. You could help them make a homemade card to send to someone you all love, with a drawing or collage of their favourite things. We’ve created a series of drawings and how-to guides they can use for inspiration.
Power of the pen
Writing can be great for your mental health too. Getting your thoughts down on paper can help you feel better.
Our research shows that despite today’s overload of social media and digital platforms, over a third of children and young people aged 11 to 21 years, explore their thoughts and feelings by putting pen to paper or engage in creative writing to help manage and support their mental health.
Writing down thoughts and feelings helps children and young people to digest emotions and feel better about difficult situations. Over a quarter (27 per cent) of children and young people write down their feelings on paper once a week or more. They said that writing down their thoughts and feelings on paper, rather than typing on a phone or laptop was the most effective way to 'process' how they are feeling.
Almost a third (31 per cent) who wrote for therapeutic benefits said it helped them deal with difficult family situations and issues. Other ways in which children and young people said writing down their feelings helped, included: finding the solution to a problem, stopping them from saying something they didn't mean; and helping them feel better about going to school or work.
