UPDATED ON 1st JULY
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You may also have seen this appeal in this month's "Ebb and Flow" …
POSTED ON 7th JUNE
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Over the last four years, we in the Good Neighbours have performed well over 500 jobs, mostly driving residents of Snape and the Maltings to Ipswich Hospital and the local doctors but also, during and since Covid, collecting urgent prescriptions. We also host the weekly Meet Up Mondays (MUM) at The Golden Key, which typically attracts around 20 villagers. You can read more about what we do on the Good Neighbours' main webpage.
Following a similar appeal in December, we have sufficient hosts and helpers for MUM, whilst one of our users has kindly become our semi-permanent phoneholder (on ☏ 0754 1754 426). However, a few kind people stepping forward to help with our driving tasks would make all the difference to us — especially as we all like a holiday away from time to time! Most of our jobs are lifts, typically half a dozen a month, for which we broadly now have just four volunteers. You can choose the range you're willing to drive (say Saxmundham, Ipswich or Addenbrooke's), but you will need to be (DBS) security-checked — now a simple, unintrusive procedure, which has recently been streamlined. Mileage expenses are reimbursed.
Joining our Team is also a great way of meeting new friends within the village. If you feel that you could help us, as a driver — or indeed in any other way, such as befriending, occasional support with shopping, dog-walking — do please contact our Secretary, David McKenna at sgns-secretary@snapevillage.info or on ☏ 0748 489 5871. Thank you.
Snape Good Neighbour Scheme