16 October 2021
Many Moordown residents volunteered for BCP Council’s much-praised “Together We Can” programme. Across BCP over 2,000 signed up. Volunteers have helped to collect essential medications and deliver food supplies to local people in need during the pandemic. Volunteers also worked to get the message out to those not online.
Green Party speaker for Moordown, Kate Salmon, said: “I’m so proud of the community in Moordown and Bournemouth for pulling together through this tough time.
“Through Together We Can, I was paired as a regular volunteer for a resident who was shielding due to a health condition. I was pleased to be able to help by doing her shopping through the shielding periods.”
Kate, who by day works for an anti-poverty charity, added: “The excellent Bournemouth Foodbank had to shift from collection to delivery. Food bank demand continues to rise, as it has every year since 2008. I was one of the extra volunteers answering calls from our area’s Life Centre food bank to take a parcel to a household in need.”
