SUPPORT: ARCOS volunteers at the clothes bank MALVERN residents are being encouraged to take advantage of the covid lockdown by decluttering their wardrobes. A clothes bank has been installed in the grounds of the Association for Rehabilitation of Communication and Oral Skills (ARCOS), in Avenue Road. Clinical director Kay Coombes said: “The clothes bank has always been quite popular, but it has never been so full as we have seen it recently. We are delighted to host the clothes bank and ARCOS receives a percentage of the funds that it raises for good causes. Please support all these charities by bringing your clean clothes and shoes appropriately bagged.”
SUPPORT: Jade Stokes, Kay Coombes, ARCOS client Jonathan Rigby, therapist Clare Grennan and Claire Stokes A MALVERN-based charity is celebrating Christmas early after an appeal for funds surpassed its target well ahead of schedule. The Association for Rehabilitation of Communication and Oral Skills (ARCOS), based in the town’s Avenue Road, launched the appeal in November to raise money for therapy to be carried out over the internet, known as tele-therapy. Although the appeal has a deadline of March 31 next year to reach its target of £16,387, this week the total hit £16,535. ARCOS founder and clinical director Kay Coombes said she was delighted by the swift response to the appeal.