Update of Local Information and Services, from Age UK
Age UK is kindly keeping us up to date with information on services in each area. We've updated our file each time we receive it but you can find it here.
We will have some posters going up in the flats in Paganhill shortly, asking for volunteers to take responsibility for the waterless mops that the Council would like to trial to support cleaning there. They have reinstated some cleaning, however, which should make things better. We will also have some more flyers going around with details of how to contact the person for your area.
We now have a clear method of recruiting and enrolling volunteers, and as they are interviewed, they will be given ID badges so that you can easily identify them. They also have a letter to let the police know they are working for us, and a permit for their car, so that you know your neighbours are not just driving around for no reason!
I wanted to introduce some of our volunteers today so that you might know a little more about those offering a helping hand. This probably should start with us before I ask other volunteers to give out their information!
Summer has lived in Paganhill since 2009, on and off. She is 25 and about to go to university to train as a Primary School teacher.
She works at Tescos and has been shopping for a total of 11 households in the last four weeks, usually twice a week. Most of those households weren't known to her before she started this.
Other facts about Summer: She is a Hufflepuff (and a fan of the Harry Potter books), loves dogs and does a little beekeeping with her grandmother at times.
I am a lecturer in nursing and a specialist nurse. I work at the University of Gloucestershire. I started to get involved because, although I am a nurse, my skills are not useful in this crisis, and I wanted to help.
I have helped Summer with the food shopping delivery, and have been busy sewing headbands and uniform bags for my colleagues in clinical practice.
I also designed and created our webpage and forms!
We will have some posters going up in the flats in Paganhill shortly, asking for volunteers to take responsibility for the waterless mops that the Council would like to trial to support cleaning there. They have reinstated some cleaning, however, which should make things better. We will also have some more flyers going around with details of how to contact the person for your area.
We now have a clear method of recruiting and enrolling volunteers, and as they are interviewed, they will be given ID badges so that you can easily identify them. They also have a letter to let the police know they are working for us, and a permit for their car, so that you know your neighbours are not just driving around for no reason!
I wanted to introduce some of our volunteers today so that you might know a little more about those offering a helping hand. This probably should start with us before I ask other volunteers to give out their information!
Sally-Anne and Summer Wherry
She works at Tescos and has been shopping for a total of 11 households in the last four weeks, usually twice a week. Most of those households weren't known to her before she started this.
Other facts about Summer: She is a Hufflepuff (and a fan of the Harry Potter books), loves dogs and does a little beekeeping with her grandmother at times.
I have helped Summer with the food shopping delivery, and have been busy sewing headbands and uniform bags for my colleagues in clinical practice.
I also designed and created our webpage and forms!
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