lots of young people have relatives with alzheimer s and it can be frightening at first, i believe that young people have a part to play and i know that having an active role in my grandma s care makes both of us feel better. now that was really powerful, wasn t it. our next report is from 12 year old kiran, who s from stonehaven in scotland. kiran chose to report on how her community centre is helping local people during the cost of living crisis. hi, i m kiran and i m a bbc young reporter. i am here in the haven community larder in stonehaven. the haven began life as a well being space but when the pandemic started it couldn t be used for yoga and other activities. helpers realised that people in the community with struggling with supporting their families. they wanted to help in some ways and so they set up the community larder, stocked the shelves with food and invited people to donate
they wanted to help in some ways and so they set up the community larder, stocked the shelves with food and invited people to donate what products they could and take the things that they needed. i have been inspired by the centre, because it has helped many people for no personal gain and brought to the community closer together. how does the larder work? it s a quite a different concept, so we run a membership scheme and the visitors can come as many times in a week than they wish and the ethos behind the membership is that you take what you need and you give what you can. what is the difference between the haven and a food bank? food bank is an emergency provision. so a food bank you need to be referred to by another agency, for example social work or a health visitor, we are slightly different, so we class ourselves as an early intervention organisation, so we want to see people before they hit absolute crisis. so it became quite apparent that there are people in stonehaven, which
space but when the pandemic started it couldn t be used for yoga and other activities. helpers realised that people in the community with struggling with supporting their families. they wanted to help in some ways and so they set up the community larder, stocked the shelves with food and invited people to donate what products they could and take the things that they needed. i have been inspired by the centre, because it has helped many people for no personal gain and brought to the community closer together. how does the larder work? it s a quite a different concept, so we run a membership scheme and the visitors can come as many times in a week as they wish and the ethos behind the membership is that you take what you need and you give what you can. what is the difference between the haven and a food bank? food bank is an emergency provision. so a food bank you need to be referred to by another agency, for example social work or a health visitor, we are slightly different, so we class