
Tag: support

GRAB a voucher for covid help
Households in and around Oban looking for essential items of furniture like tables, chairs, sofas and beds but struggling to make ends meet can now receive up to 30 per cent discount on reuse goods purchased from LORI.
From Oban with love
About 200 people lined Oban esplanade to send out an equal rights message to the world.
Online cancer support gives HOPE
Macmillan cancer charity’s six-week HOPE programme is normally delivered at the Dove Centre in Stevenson Street, Oban, by Lucy Hunt and Lindsay Davies but because of coronavirus, the programme has been adapted so it can be accessed online instead.
Help for families is just a phone call away
Volunteers at Home Start Lorn are manning the phones throughout the outbreak in case they are needed.
Council pledges support for healthcare staff
During a meeting of the boad which runs the area’s health and social care partnership, convened via Skype on Wednesday, a motion was lodged to register thanks to workers.
Communities rally support to fight coronavirus
A number of volunteer groups have been set up via social media to give practical support from doorstep deliveries of provisions to picking up prescriptions.
Rape crisis centre puts support on the map
The public also took the invite to show up and find out more about the service and help on hand at the centre supporting survivors of rape and sexual abuse.
Fantastic firsts for ‘outstanding’ students
Staff, students and their families were all bursting with pride after some of its pupils received a top achievement award and others performed in the school’s dance show.
Tee-off and chat encourages Mull men to talk
The group behind Tee-Off and Chat is the island’s Safe and Sound project.