Appeal hands a £27,000 gift to charities tackling Covid-19 issues
Cash will help Mind and Age UK’s work on isolation and mental health problems for vulnerable
The hub offers help to anyone who is shielding, particularly those who are living on their own, as well as people with complex and low-level A campaign to help Scarborough mental health issues and anyone charities during the who is struggling with their coronavirus crisis has made mental health because of the a £27,000 grant to two good pandemic.
Since opening, the team causes.
have answered more than 5,000 The cash injection from the calls for help and supported at Scarborough Coronavirus Appeal least 1,850 people directly. has been given to Scarborough, Their support includes Whitby and Ryedale telephone befriending, shopping Mind, and Age UK Scarborough and prescription services, and District to fund the work shielded person welfare they are doing tackling isolation checks, food parcels and community and mental health issues. kitchen meals, emergency
Since the pandemic hit, vouchers for shopping the two charities and energy, a book
The team have have, with support delivery service,
answered over 5,000 from YMCA isolation and wellbeing Scarborough, calls for help and boxes. formed and been supported nearly Julie said that, working from the like many charities
2,000 people directly
Scarborough and in the area, Filey Covid-19 Community Age UK Scarborough and District Response Hub. has been struggling to raise
The grant – of £27, 366 – will funds in the past few weeks, especially allow them to continue to support since having to close its some of the most vulnerable four shops. in Scarborough and Filey The Scarborough Coronavirus for the next four months. Appeal, managed by Two
Chief Executive Officer of Ridings Community Foundation, Age UK Scarborough and District is helping cash-strapped Julie Macey-Hewitt said: charities support local people “Some people have been on during the coronavirus crisis their own now for nine weeks thanks to donations from businesses or more and it’s about tackling and individuals. that isolation. It was kick-started with a
“We’re also supporting a lot £10,000 donation from Scarborough of families. Some are shielding Business Ambassadors a vulnerable family member and will collect funds so they’re stuck in those four solely for charities and social walls. If we can provide them enterprises in the Scarborough with some activities to do, it just borough. helps break it up a bit.” For more information about
She added that the demand donating visit www.tworidingscf.org.uk/donate for mental health support has or email been huge. jgarrill@tworidingscf.org.uk