Christmas joy for three Oban charities
Christmas came early for three Oban charities which received a total of £4,250 from West Highland Housing Association.
The association presented the cheques to the charities ahead of the festive holidays.
New Start Oban received £2,500, Soroba Young Families was awarded £1,000 and £750 went to Glenshellach Growers.
New Start Oban helps people who are or have been homeless by providing basic items such as bedding, towels, cooking utensils, cutlery, crockery, to basic buckets, mops, cleaning materials and small electrical goods.
Soroba Young Families Group is a nursery and a learning and development initiative supporting families with children under three. Its share of cash will go towards its Birth to 3 Centre that has more than 100 children registered and has a waiting list for some sessions.
Glenshellach Growers is a community gardening project at Rhuvaal Road, Oban.
While handing the cheque over to the growers, chairman of WHHA Dougie MacKie said: ‘We are delighted. Hopefully many of our tenants will benefit from what is happening and enjoy the fresh fruit and vegetables.’
And Duncan Woodward said: ‘It’s absolutely important. We don’t charge a lot for membership, so we rely on raising funds and this is brilliant and unexpected.’