Carly volunteers for the NHS

No sooner had the Government announced its NHS Volunteer Responders scheme, than our Customer Service Manager, Carly had downloaded the NHS app and signed up, to make herself available to help during the weekends.

Ellie donates blood

As a result of Coronavirus, blood donations from the public have been down this spring. Project Manager Ellie gives blood every quarter at the Resource for London Centre on Holloway Road.

“I nearly cancelled my regular appointment thinking it wouldn’t count as an essential trip, but then I saw the call to keep donating, and seeing as I am fit and healthy, I wanted to help where others may feel less comfortable going out into a communal setting. This was my eleventh time,” says Ellie.

Giving blood is also important to our Management Accountant Amy, who has made sure she can continue donating in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, despite some juggling of appointment dates during the lockdown. “I started when my (now late) brother-in-law was put on the organ transplant list and I saw donating blood as a way of helping.”

Michelle supports the elderly in her community

Michelle, our Credit Controller, jumped at the chance to put her name down for volunteering work in her village, near Stamford. She’s given her time and access to a vehicle to do things such as help to find and deliver household items for elderly folks who were struggling to source them from local supermarkets. She is also part of a buddying system. “Some of our elderly in the village have been too proud to ask for help but the duration of lockdown means there is now an increasing call for some company and a friendly voice,” she says.

Anthony and daughter Matilda spread joy through art

Like many families across the UK, our junior members are putting smiles on the faces of passers-by displaying their beautifully created colourful rainbows on their windows. Matilda, the four-year-old daughter of our Managing Director, Anthony, has shared her rainbow with us, and it certainly has the desired effect!