DEDICATED volunteers at a frontline Inverclyde support hub have provided more than 1,000 boxes full of essential items to vulnerable during the pandemic. The big-hearted team at Compassionate Inverclyde were there for people who were isolated and made sure no one was stuck on their own without help. A total of 637 their back home boxes were given out to patients living alone when they got out of hospital. Another 390 made it into the hands of people on their own who were isolating as a result of the pandemic. Compassionate Inverclyde leader Alison Bunce says the team were determined not to let coronavirus stop them from helping.
Kind Co-Op staff across Inverclyde boosted the funds of two local good causes. Teams across stores in Wemyss Bay, Gourock, Greenock, Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm collated their share of the Co-Op community fund and donated £1,000 to Compassionate Inverclyde and £500 to Inverclyde Women s Aid. Delighted to hand over the funds were store managers at Dubbs Road and Eldon Street, Michael Grant and Joanne Thomson. Michael said: We always aim to support local good causes and both of these charities had been suggested to us before Christmas. Each store had £250 to donate and we chose to get together and help both organisations.
DEDICATED Inverclyde volunteers are bringing comfort and joy to 1,600 people who will be on their own this Christmas. Compassionate Inverclyde has been appealing for donations to fill jolly boxes - packages full of festive treats donated by the community. The organisation, which is supported by Ardgowan Hospice and Inverclyde Health & Social Care Partnership, has been inundated with gifts and volunteers have started to pack the boxes. Around 1,600 people who will be on their own on Christmas Day - in a hospital, care home, sheltered housing, or at home alone - will now receive some festive sparkle thanks to the volunteers.