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Assistance and fundraising on Mull over the last year during Covid has put £100,000 back into the local
community.
Despite the virus and restrictions brought in to curb it, Andy Lockwood and Gillies Pagan have almost finished their initial training.
The island’s firefighters were among the volunteers and Bruichladdich Distillery who helped make it possible, distributing presents and pokes of sweets to delighted youngsters.
Seven volunteers notch up a combined 220 years of voluntary contribution.
Highland and Islands Blood Bikes has been working in this area since March and has recently been successful in completing a pilot service which means the partnership between it and NHS Highland is set to continue permanently.
Cigarette butts, general litter and campfire debris were among Sunday morning’s haul.
The portal allows organisations to advertise their volunteering requirements and volunteers can access the most up-to-date opportunities in both their local area and across the region.
If the masks, made with love by a team of 13-volunteers from Ardchattan, were laid edge to edge they would stretch the length of three football pitches.
The museum on Corran Esplanade only managed to open for three weeks this year welcoming about 1,000 visitors before the virus forced it to close.
