Bailgate Methodist Church

A team of seven from the church are regularly shopping, collecting prescribing and even responding to requests for things such as saucepans, a thermometer and cake icing equipment! Our volunteers have struck up good relationships with those helped and some are now relying on us to do regular shopping trips.

We are supplying kit bags for our amazing NHS professionals, and providing support to those in need remotely via our Crisis Cafe online or by phone.

Alive Church – North Hykeham

We currently have a WhatsApp group that we put the daily pick-ups on, and one of our team of 8 jump on saying they can do it. The vulnerable have been so grateful often saying can we pay you?!!

We have said that this is us playing our part…

I think this initiative has bought the community together, shows that actually looking out for other people is how you can feel better yourself.

One lady heard about the scheme and phoned us up from Norwich to say her Mum who lives in Hykeham needs a drop-off and she was quite specific in her order, we managed to pick up everything on her list and the lady phoned me up in tears to say thank you and what it had meant to her.

We heard about the scheme through Greater Lincoln Active Faith Network as a church we want to love our neighbour and bless the community as much as we can it’s one of our values, so to think little acts of kindness in this season is a great opportunity to do this.

Food to be sent out

Chester and George Alford Care and Share Group and Mutual Aid Hub

Chester and George Alford Care and Share Group and Mutual Aid Hub works in partnership with Alford Town Council. It is a multi platform COVID-19 response which incorporates over 130 registered volunteers. In addition to pharmacy and food collections, which people can access through the Town Council Helpline, website and the Chester and George Alford Care and Share Facebook group, we also care for our communities mental health with a dedicated welfare team and daily activities.

We have had concerts from the Silver Prize Band, competitions from All Things Sweet, and Alford Town Promotions and we have had hundreds of craft kits donated to the Children of Alford by Alford Craft Market.

We have daily virtual exercises classes and gardening tips all provided by local people for local people.

Alford Craft Market also organised 250 pom pom kits for the local people to make which will be collected by some of our volunteers and hung on a tree in the market place as a tree of hope.

Food bags sent out to the community

Sandwiches delivered to the community

Age UK North East Lincolnshire

Our volunteers have been busy preparing food parcels, food orders, shopping and prescription collections for older vulnerable and isolated people within the North East Lincs area. We are working tirelessly to meet the demand. We have a large bank of police checked volunteers helping to shop for volunteers and delivering prescriptions from the local Lincolnshire Co-op food stores. We've had help with our deliveries from the local Dial a Ride and RPS Lincolnshire who runs our handyman service.

We are delivering meals to in excess of 150 households per week and food parcels to a high number with no access to food or money. On a daily basis we are accessing your stores for shopping and prescriptions for older people and delivering the to their doors. We have a team of 30 plus volunteers all registered with The Blue Lights Brigade locally who are helping our own staff and volunteers to meet the need. It is times like this when you realise what a fab team you have and how communities and organisations come together to meet the needs of the community in times of emergencies. Very proud as a charity to be part of this.

The shopping passes have been ideal for our volunteers to gain access to essential items.

Woodhall Spa & Kirkby on Bain Coronavirus Communittee Support

With the help of a large number of volunteers we undertook a leaflet drop in both Woodhall Spa and Kirkby on Bain on the 26th March to let everyone know about our shopping and prescription collection service. We officially started taking calls on Monday 30th March and have a phone manned Monday - Saturday 9am - midday, with a voice message to advise residents if we are talking another call.

Our regular team of volunteers work a next day service in pairs as shoppers or deliver prescriptions and collect mail. In the first month we delivered 109 loads of shopping and nearly 200 prescriptions. Residents are currently able to pay for their shopping in cash, by cheque or the £20 voucher scheme introduced by Lincolnshire Co-op. We are in the process of opening a bank account and anticipate also being able to accept payment by bank transfer in the future.

Following a second leaflet drop we've also just started a Phone a Friend call service available to anyone in Woodhall Spa or Kirkby on Bain who feels isolated and lonely and wants to talk to someone.

Residents who are struggling to access funds to feed their family or pay for basic utilities can apply to our hardship fund and for a three-day emergency food parcel or an emergency top up for prepayment gas and/or electricity meters.