A neighborhood organisation in Shotts is offering ladies with deliveries of interval merchandise and it’s all without spending a dime.
The Cycle, an initiative by Getting Higher Collectively in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council, permits ladies to order the important merchandise for females and have them delivered discretely on to their dwelling by bike.
Thus far the community-based well being initiative, which promotes the schooling, well being and properly being of residents with a variety of companies, has delivered to over 70 households however is trying to attain much more.
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Nicola Welsh from Getting Higher Collectively advised Lanarkshire Dwell : “North Lanarkshire Council are giving out free interval merchandise at completely different locations and their web site lists the place the closest choose up level is for every space.
“Within the Shotts space there was a fear nearly that it could be tough for individuals to get to the areas right here that had been offering them, with not lots of people going to the well being centre proper now and restricted opening instances.
“So we're delivering to individuals’s homes by e-bike. The council donated the bikes to us.
“We simply ask individuals to fill out some primary particulars corresponding to their most popular sort of merchandise and tackle, and our volunteer cyclists ship to the doorstep on Fridays.”
Just lately Central Scotland MSP Graham Simpson acquired on his bike to assist out.
Nicola added: “We have now a biking undertaking at Getting Higher Collectively, the place we offer coaching for teenagers and adults.
“Graham could be very eager on energetic journey and he comes up once in a while to see how we’re getting on. He’s at all times very engaged with something we’re doing with the bikes and determined to provide us a hand with the deliveries,
“The take-up has been fairly good however now we have a goal of 150 for the 12 months and simply wish to get the message out to everyone that the service is obtainable. Not everyone seems to be on social media.
“We often present round three months provide at a time, so ladies aren’t leaving it till they're determined for them and are coated for a number of months.
"Older individuals who don’t want the merchandise however who perhaps have their kids or grandchildren staying with them at weekends may also order for them.
"We ship on a Friday to individuals in Shotts and the encircling areas in order that’s Salsburgh, this facet of Newmains, and Harthill.”
If you need merchandise delivered you possibly can fill within the kind on-line.
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