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All the news about our befriending and handyperson services, activities and clothing swap shop boutiques, and how LEAP is continuing to support older people through the Coronavirus pendemic.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service answers call from local charity
When LEAP wanted to promote its shopping and distant befriending services, Scottish Fire and Rescue’s South Lanarkshire Community Action Team stepped up to help deliver more than 10,000 leaflets to almost 120 shops and pharmacies across the district.
Even with Covid 19 restrictions around social distancing and isolating, elderly charity LEAP is still managing to help people with emergency handyperson work and vital personal shopping services.
When NHS Lanarkshire called LEAP about Ian Macdonald, an outpatient from
East Kilbride, who was being supplied with a hospital bed at home, it stepped in
to help out.
Even with Covid 19 restrictions around social distancing and isolating, elderly charity LEAP is still managing to help people with emergency handyperson work.
Peter McLafferty from Rutherglen phoned LEAP after his new washing machine had been delivered but not plumbed in.
Father and son Stuart and Calum McGregor were soon at Ian’s home to carry out the work.
Lanarkshire charity R:evolve Recycle is reporting rises in referrals to its clothing bank that could be outstripping rises to foodbanks.
In April, the Trussell Trust reported a 19 per cent rise in referrals to foodbanks and, though not on the same numbers scale, R:evolve has seen a 34 per cent rise in referrals to its clothing bank in 2018-19, and a 60 per cent rise in the number of people it is being asked to support.
R:evolve Recycle has been working hard to provide an alternative to the wasteful high street shopping model since 2015. Rather than people throwing away their clothing they encourage swapping and sharing instead. Christina McKelvie, local MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, visited the new R:evolve premises
at the heart of Hamilton Town Centre at 91 Quarry Street.
Anyone can drop in to the store and swap old clothing to earn points which they can use in exchange for a whole range of clothing including: shirts, jumpers, trousers, gym clothes, shoes and much more!
Glasgow MSP James Kelly is calling on the people of Rutherglen and beyond to become greener and make a positive impact on climate change following his visit to the town’s R:evolve Recycle store.
James already knew about and supported the work of LEAP, but with climate change being so high on people’s agendas just now, he wanted to find out
more about the sustainable fashion ethos of R:evolve Recycle’s projects.
More than 70 volunteers gathered at the Cambuslang Institute during Volunteers Week to be applauded by LEAP, to whom they selflessly devote their spare time.
Volunteers from across South Lanarkshire attended the event, which started with LEAP Chair Gilbert Feron accepting an Investors in Volunteers Award from the volunteering organisation’s Allana Fotheringham.
Our Learning and Leisure spring programme of events for Cambuslang and Rutherglen, and Hamilton have both been launched.
You can find out all about the classes, and a lot more besides, in our spring newsletters. AND, you get the chance to let us know what you think of our Learning and Leisure services. We look forward to hearing from you.
Lynn Robertson thought she had seen all the highs and lows at Ibrox, but was totally stunned when Broxi Bear turned up at her door to personally deliver a VIP tour of the famous Glasgow stadium.
The surprise visit was arranged by local charity LEAP after it heard from grandson
Jon Stonefield how Lynn had spent more than 22 years managing the members’ season ticket area catering from 1962 to 1984.
Lanarkshire Charity LEAP has secured more than £47,000 funding for its Leisure
and Learning programme for older people in the area.
The charity was set up more than 25 years ago by older people in the Cambuslang area because of a lack of things for them to do.
That is still the base on which the charity works today, and the National Lottery award from The National Lottery Community Fund, totalling £47,140, will allow it to continue its activity programme for a further two years.
The LEAP Project’s R:evolve Recycle clothing shops have won this year’s Climate Challenge Fund Award for reducing waste.
They picked up the award at a ceremony which took place in Perth Concert Hall on 12 December, organised by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful on behalf of the Scottish Government.
