COMMUNITY
MULL SERVES UP HELP TO EASE COVID IMPACT From making sets of scrubs to stitching facemasks, volunteers on Mull have also been cooking and delivering hot meals to those in need. Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) has also been helping support people impacted by the pandemic. Fundraising and volunteers during Covid have helped pump £100,000 back into the Mull community. Moray Finch, MICT general manager, said: ‘Mull residents have really come together The community on Mull has embraced initiatives to support and embraced the initiatives that have been put in place fellow islanders during Covid over the last year. masks can be used in any Scotland and is awarded by ‘The assistance and fundZero Waste Scotland. situation. More than 4,000 raising over the last year has Last summer, MICT co-orface coverings were made put £100,000 back into the dinated a group of volunteers community. MICT has been by volunteers, with many who wanted supporting in the distributed to those in need to do more to background but with others available for sale support local Mull residents the community to raise money for the Covid has done some have really come health services and sourced a Winter Hardship Fund. amazing things. together and pattern to make MICT is also backing a dedThey have embraced the scrubs, initially really pulled the icated group of locals who initiatives that using whatever stops out.’ have been taking it in turns to have been put in spare fabric they Even though deliver food parcels and pick had available, the island’s place over the then fundraising up prescriptions and grocerRevolve certified last year. ies for Mull residents who are to buy material. second-hand Together the isolated or shielding. store MESS Island Castaways is shut dur- volunteers made nearly 100 Some islanders have been sets of scrubs in various sizes cooking and delivering hot ing the pandemic, its parent which were gifted to healthorganisation MICT has kept meals to those who needed care workers on the island. up amazing work. it, preparing 30 meals a day The group is now making Revolve is the re-use quality and delivering them in the face masks, sourcing HEPA standard for shops which material to make filters so the MICT electric van. sell second-hand goods in
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