Supporting

the Lochcarron area communities

Getting in touch;

Looking for information on

Covid 19 related issues?

available to volunteer?

wishing to claim expenses?

In need of basic food items?

or just want to chat?

Please get in touch;

E.Mail; covid19lcdc@gmail.com

Phone – 01520 722987

Mobile - 0749837343 ( live shortly)

For more info and to download

applications from the new Website -

lochcarroncovid19.com

Lochcarron Community development

Company website; lochcarroncommunity.com

To keep up to date with info.

Facebook – www.facebook.com/

lochcarroncommunity

twitter - @KIRKTONWOODLAND

Signposting service to

direct you to the help

you need.

Lochcarron

Covid19 Community Support

HERE to HELP

Expenses & hand

sanitiser for volunteers

delivering essential

services.

Food vouchers to help

you get through the

week.

Resources for growing

your own food.

Assistance with

Equipment for home

schooling.

Expenses for

Homeworker volunteers

making PPE.

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Also Volunteer support in the community in conjunction with Lochcarron Community Council and the Community Support Network (Lochcarron and surrounding areas ). Facebook - Search for ‘Community support network (Lochcarron & surrounding areas)’. e.mail - communitysupportlochcarron@outlook.com

the vouchers is linked to the number of householders. All applications will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

4. Compost for Growing your own

Vegetables

A great opportunity to get involved in growing your own vegetables. Compost is available for delivery. Two 25L bags per household. Seed and plant swap encouraged, get in touch with us if you have excess supplies. There is potential for this to continue.

5. Equipment for Home Schooling;

Please get in touch if you or anyone you know may be in need of assistance, we may be able to help.

6. Volunteers - makers of PPE

Volunteers are needed for facemask sewing. The cost of materials needed in the making of PPE equipment. will be reimbursed.

All applications for assistance

will be treated in the strictest

of confidence.

Currently we can provide

support in a number of ways,

please get in touch;

1. Covid19 Signposting Service This is a dedicated service for people wishing to access Covid19 related information. A chat line for those with practical or emotional issues. Setting up of central point for a book swap (hygiene regulations adhered to). Setting up of a volunteer register.

2. Travel Expenses and Hand

Sanitiser for Volunteers. If you are making deliveries to those self-isolating, the most vulnerable, or making journeys to support someone in need, we can reimburse your fuel expenses. Please keep a note of your mileage, dates and reason for travel. Applications now available

3. Food and Wood Fuel Vouchers

Food vouchers are availa-ble to help with basic household requirements, anyone who has lost their primary income, or is enduring hardship due to Covid19, is eligible to apply, the value of

Lochcarron &

surrounding area

Covid19

community Support

In response to the Covid19 global pandemic,

and based on the feedback received from the

Covid19 Community Network, Strathcarron

Project, Community Council, local food

shops and members of the community;

Lochcarron Community Development

Company is pleased to announce that

their applications for financial support to as-

sist the community through this crisis has

been successful. All residents within the

Lochcarron area* are eligible to apply for as-

sistance. To date, funding has been received

from the Supporting Communities Fund and

the North Highland Initiative, other

applications have been lodged and we await

a response. Moving through uncharted wa-

ters is difficult, so please look upon this as a

series of pilot projects. Some will be more

successful than others. We will be

responding as quickly as possible to the ever

changing situation and monitoring

developments.

We hope that some projects will provide us

with a sustainable legacy.

* see map overleaf