HAPPY, smiling and together - this was the Gillans as a family of five for their last Christmas just over a year ago. As the threat of covid began to hit home and the pandemic reached our shores, many families like the Gillans had been going about their routine as normal until the extent of the threat to life the virus posed saw the nation plunged into lockdown. One year on since the first Scottish death to covid and first national lockdown, the family should have been looking forward to celebrating twins Ebony and Hope’s 21st birthday next month.
Connie McCready in Pollok Park which will be the site of the memorial garden IT has been devastating year which has at times has seen families left to grieve the loss of a loved one without the close support of people around them. With restrictions in place for most of 2020, even saying goodbye following the loss of a father, brother, mother, sister, son or daughter has made the pain all the harder to bear. As we watched the damage and havoc coronavirus was wreaking on our daily lives and saw the death toll continue to rise, The Herald looked at how we could help.