A volunteer from Kendal has spoken of how rewarding it has been to help with the historic Covid vaccine effort, as it was revealed that one million people in Lancashire and south Cumbria have now had at least one dose of the jab. Naomi Rutherford is one of thousands of volunteers who, in the first three months of 2021, gave more than 50,300 hours of their time as marshals at over 30 different community vaccination clinics and seven mass vaccination centres across the region. Marshals help patients navigate through the site, from directing them to a parking space, checking they have an appointment, managing the queues and helping them to exit sites safely after their vaccination.
Over one million people vaccinated in Lancashire and South Cumbria
The area passed the milestone over the weekend.
Author: Dan DaviesPublished 24th May 2021
Over one million people in Lancashire and South Cumbria have now been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the area s health board.
Across the UK, over 50 million people have now had at least their first dose of a coronavirus jab.
In the first three months of 2021, volunteers gave more than 50,300 hours of their time as marshals at over 30 different community vaccination clinics and 7 mass vaccination centres across Lancashire and South Cumbria. Marshals help patients navigate through the site, from directing them to a parking space, checking they have an appointment, managing the queues and helping them to exit sites safely after their vaccination.
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The Lancashire Volunteering Partnership expanded its telephone befriending service as the pandemic struck (image: Getty Images [posed by actors])
She did not think twice before accepting an offer from the Lancashire Volunteer Partnership to be contacted by one of their growing band of befrienders who had come forward to help vulnerable or elderly residents in the county who were feeling cut off as a result of coronavirus.
Linda says that the regular calls from fellow Prestonian Katherine (who did not want her surname published) came at “just the right time” to give her a lift during dark days.
“From the day she first phoned, we just clicked. We have such a good chat and a laugh - and before you know where you are, the time’s gone.