Extracts from Westminster Hall debate on Covid-19: Community Response - June 24
Friday, 25 June 2021 08:14
Dr Kieran Mullan (Crewe and Nantwich) (Con):...I also want to
mention the many volunteers supporting charities such as the
Wishing Well, Hopes and Beams, St Paul’s Centre, Nantwich food
bank, the YMCA and the Salvation Army Collectively, they helped
people stay in their homes, helped get medicines and helped
pharmacy queues. They helped support lonely and isolated people.
There was an enormous range of tasks that they engaged with. I had
the pleasure of meeting Jean Fuller and...Request free trial
(Crewe and Nantwich) (Con):...I also want to mention the
many volunteers supporting charities such as the Wishing Well,
Hopes and Beams, St Paul’s Centre, Nantwich food bank, the YMCA and
the Salvation Army Collectively, they
helped people stay in their homes, helped get medicines and helped
pharmacy queues. They helped support lonely and isolated people.
There was an enormous range of tasks that they engaged with. I had
the pleasure of meeting Jean Fuller and husband-and-wife volunteers
Geraldine and Ernie during a visit to the Wishing Well charity
during Volunteers Week earlier this month. They exemplify community
spirit—the idea that to give one’s time to help others is special,
important and enriching...
(Glasgow North East) (SNP):...I only had to
tell Glasgow North baby food bank about a baby whose family needed
food, milk, clothes or nappies, and its workers were on their way
to support them. Colston Wellpark Parish Church provided food and
advice several days a week, and support for the other groups as
well. Tron St. Mary’s Church delivered fish and chips to older
people on Fridays—they never let me go to that, for some reason—and
held numerous online events, none of which could top their weekly
get-together of the Cannae Sing choir. Just for the record, they
can sing, but they cannot sing on Zoom—trying to sing with a group
of people on Zoom was one of the funniest experiences I had last
year. North Glasgow Community Food Initiative is about not just
providing food, but helping people to eat healthily. It offers so
many different things, with online cooking classes being just one
of them. I also thank the Salvation Army Afghan United,
Bangla Centre, Stronger Together Enterprise and North Glasgow
Integration Network...
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