Truro Mutual Aid Voluntary Project
This project has been set up by Sunshine and Showers Founder Claire Jones in response to Covid-19 to support our most vulnerable and isolating inTruro and Surrounding areas. We are on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2650043115278360
Sunshine and Showers Mutual Aid Truro & Surrounding |
When Covid-19 was classified as a pandemic our founder set up this Mutual Aid project and got grant funded to help provide support to our local vulnerable and isolated people within in Truro and Surrounding.
We recruited volunteers and immediately set out to leaflet as much of our local area as possible hoping to reach the people who are most vulnerable and possibly didn't have access to internet, facebook etc. We are responding to these calls for help on an individual level peer to peer. We can help with essential shopping, prescription pick ups, order collections for items needed for the home, and we are trying to get push bikes out to as many people who need them as possible also. SHOPPING DOG WALKING PRESCRIPTION PICK UPS AND SIGN POSTING WHERE TO GET EXTRA HELP If you need support please send us a message using the contact form below:i |
Our History |
Sunshine and Showers Peer Support was set up in 2012 by Claire Jones, Time to Change Mental Health Champion in response to the lack of activity based peer support for adults with chronic health conditions in the local area. We have run peer support groups for 8 years mostly from Truro Bowling alley. We are run entirely by volunteers and our founder Claire Jones has a long term pain condition called fibromyalgia which can also cause depression.
We then set up our Out and About project doing trips to the cinema, flambards, and local areas of interest. Our 3rd project is Covid-19 Sunshine and Showers Mutual Aid Truro. Which is helping people access food and essentials, and offers some guidance on available grants for people in hardship. |
