Letters

To the one who lives alone and doesn't like to ask

The light in the hallway has been out for a week. The shopping is heavier than it used to be. The new phone keeps asking questions you don't understand. Your children live far away, and you don't want to be a bother. So you manage. You always have.

But asking isn't a weakness, and help doesn't have to be a favour you owe. On SkillNav you – or your family for you – can ask for a hand in one sentence, agree a fair price, and someone nearby comes and does it properly. For them, it's paid work and a good deed in one. For you, it's one worry less.

And if you can still do something – teach, sew, listen, tell how things used to be – someone needs that too. Need a hand? Just ask. Have a skill? Offer it.

The SkillNav team

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