The Year in Review continues with March and April. And so it all started. March and April were the first months of coronavirus restrictions across the UK, and few could have foreseen that they would continue in one form or another for the rest of the year.
Thursday, March 5, ‘Fundraising bid for Olivia’: A huge £60,000 fundraising campaign was launched to help three-year-old Olivia Wright to walk. The St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School pupil had bilateral cerebral palsy and spasticity which meant she was a full-time wheelchair user and required additional care. The target sum would help to fund selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery, a high-risk procedure which reduces muscle spasticity permanently. “Even if the operation isn’t successful, it is that transfer off equipment,” said mum Claire. “It is everything in life.”
An inspirational support programme by charity HEALS have brought festive cheer to 100 elderly residents and 40 vulnerable local families in the Malmesbury area. Three local pubs, The Wheatsheaf at Oaksey, The Somerford Arms in Little Somerford and The Red Bull Inn, cooked 100 hot Christmas meals which have been delivered by 25 volunteer drivers this week. Each senior citizen will also receive a hand drawn Christmas card from primary school children from Malmesbury C of E Primary School and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School. The pubs are also hosting Covid compliant Christmas meals for 18 families this week, with free transport provided by Malmesbury’s Cartmell Community Minibus.
Christmas week sees the largest ever HEALS support programme to bring festive cheer to 100 elderly residents and 40 vulnerable local families in the Malmesbury area. Three local pubs, The Wheatsheaf at Oaksey, The Somerford Arms in Little Somerford and The Red Bull Inn near Malmesbury, have cooked 100 hot Christmas meals for delivery today by 25 volunteer drivers. Deliveries also took place on Monday (December 21). Each senior citizen will also receive a hand drawn Christmas card from primary school children from Malmesbury C of E Primary School and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School. Support from The Red Bull Inn and Somerford Arms extends further. The pubs are also hosting Covid compliant Christmas meals for 18 families this week, with free transport provided by Malmesbury’s Cartmell Community Minibus.
Christmas week sees the largest ever HEALS support programme to bring festive cheer to 100 elderly residents and 40 vulnerable local families in the Malmesbury area. Three local pubs, The Wheatsheaf at Oaksey, The Somerford Arms in Little Somerford and The Red Bull Inn near Malmesbury, have cooked 100 hot Christmas meals for delivery today by 25 volunteer drivers. Deliveries also took place on Monday (December 21). Each senior citizen will also receive a hand drawn Christmas card from primary school children from Malmesbury C of E Primary School and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School. Support from The Red Bull Inn and Somerford Arms extends further. The pubs are also hosting Covid compliant Christmas meals for 18 families this week, with free transport provided by Malmesbury’s Cartmell Community Minibus.