£100k Government funding boost for Scottish charity

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) has received a healthy boost in its efforts to continue to support the people of Monklands.

The charity has been awarded £100,000 as part of the Scottish Government’s £1 million Summer Fund which aims to tackle loneliness and isolation as a result of the pandemic.

The funding will be used to help the charity reach more people through its Kindness Programme which launched at the height of the pandemic in April last year and recruited more than 6000 volunteers who have delivered over 35,200 acts of kindness in our communities – including phone calls, shopping trips, dog walks and sharing social media messages.

The £100,000 funding will be used to expand the reach of the charity’s programme to support more people across Monklands who are feeling isolated and lonely and in need of help.

Jane-claire Judson, pictured, right, chief executive at Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, said:“we want to say a massive thank you to the Scottish Government for awarding this incredible sum of money to help support our Kindness Programme.

“Isolation and loneliness have been exacerbated by the pandemic. In Scotland, 44-to-54 per cent of people reported feeling lonely between July 2020 and May 2021.

“Through our Kindness Programme, our Kindness Callers have been there for people who had no one else to turn to and it has a life-changing impact on both the person receiving the call and our volunteers. It is essential that we continue to tackle isolation and loneliness across the country.”

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