CHRISTMAS is around the corner, and for those wanting your fill of free turkey and all the trimmings, you better act quick.

The ballot is now open for those 65 and over to enter for a free Christmas meal at three events across Waltham Forest.

Thousands can apply for a seat at an event in Leyton, Walthamstow and Chingford.

The first lunch will be at Orient’s Matchroom Stadium, in Brisbane Road, in Leyton, from 12pm on Monday (December 5).

A lunch, from 12pm, and a dinner, from 6pm, will happen the following day (December 6) at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, in Forest Road.

And for those further north, there will be a lunch in Chingford Assembly Hall, on The Green, from 12pm on Wednesday (December 7).

To register, you must give your first and second choice venue, full name, date of birth, email address if you have one, home address, contact number and any accessibility or dietary requirements.

To register you can phone 0161 259 0518 between Friday 28 October and Thursday 3 November.

The telephone line will only open from 10am to 2pm.

Online registration is open from now until Friday November 4, visit www.walthamforest.gov.uk/ChristmasLunch.

If you do not receive confirmation by letter or email, you have not been successful this year.