A charity in west Belfast is preparing to deliver 600 Christmas dinners to homes on both sides of the city's political and religious divide.
Hundreds of food parcels and toys will also be delivered.
Lily's Kitchen and Bar restaurant in the village of Glenavy in Co Antrim has been a hive of activity in preparation for the charity scheme.
Staff worked until 11pm last night cooking Christmas meals and were back from 6am this morning to pack 600 portions of turkey, mashed potato, carrots, sprouts and gravy.
They were then packed into boxes and loaded into a van and cars to be delivered to the Foodstock community hub on the Andersonstown Road in west Belfast.
Restaurant owner Liam Cullen decided to donate the meals after seeing an online appeal by the charity.
"As a family our parents are working class parents and my mother passed away a few years ago, so she always believed in helping people in need so we felt that it was a perfect opportunity," he explained.
"I reached out to see how we could help and that's where ultimately it came about. The staff have enjoyed doing something for people in need and that's what it's all about."
On arrival at the Foodstock hub this afternoon the meals were put into large industrial fridges, where they will stay until they are delivered to hundreds of homes across west Belfast tomorrow afternoon.
The charity has had donations and requests for help from across the religious divide, from the nationalist Falls Road to the unionist Shankill.
"This really is a community effort," said Paul Doherty, who is the founder of Foodstock.
"We're reaching from Gort Na Móna to Glencairn estate, from the Falls to the Shankill, from Whiterock to Woodvale.
"Sometimes we talk about cross-community, this is about one community, it's about one community pulling together at Christmas to make sure that no one is left behind.
"We've had a tremendous response from right across the whole community of west Belfast coming and saying they'd like to look out for a family or someone in their street struggling because of the death of a loved one."
Many of those who receive a Christmas meal tomorrow live alone.
The charity is keen to stress that poverty and loneliness know no barriers.
"It doesn't matter what part of west Belfast you are from, people are struggling to put food on their table, people are struggling to heat their homes," Mr Doherty explains.
"Christmas can be a very happy time for so many people but it's also a very difficult time for a lot of people.
"We're just doing what we can to allow people to enjoy Christmas with some dignity."
Hundreds of food parcels will also be delivered to families across the area and others will visit the charity food bank to get what they need.
Some toys will also go to families who have reached out for help.
All of the food and toys have been donated by schools, businesses, community groups and individuals from right across west Belfast.
Foodstock said it is heartened by the generosity of the response to its year round appeals for help, but dismayed by the growing number who need it.
