THE Ilkley Macmillan Fundraising Committee is urging people to get behind the charity’s new Yorkshire Appeal. A spokesperson for the committee said:”Macmillan was founded 110 years ago by Douglas Macmillan and this last year has certainly been one of the toughest. The pandemic has led to the increased amount of demand for Macmillan’s services but at the same time the income has declined dramatically. In fact, in Yorkshire alone, fundraising has reduced by £1 million pounds. “Although our Ilkley Fundraising Committee has received a number of generous donations from supporters during the past 12 months, for which we are extremely grateful, we have sadly had to cancel many of our regular events such as the annual fashion show, quiz night, supermarket collection days and the monthly Ladies Luncheon Club.
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New fund set up to support Perthshire households struggling financially
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A new fund has been set up to help support Perthshire households struggling with their finances.
Created by Perth and Kinross Council, the Financial Insecurity Fund aims to help locals most in need this winter.
It comes as the Scottish Government distributed £20 million to Scottish local authorities for this purpose.
Households that currently receive Council Tax reduction and that have children under the age of six as of December 11 will receive a one-off payment of £80 for each eligible child.