April 2020 Magazine

Eddleston Parish Church
As you are all aware, due to the coronavirus pandemic, no Church activities or
service are taking place at the moment.
Church Services can be accessed on the Eddleston Parish Church Facebook Page
and members of the congregation who are on social media, are receiving copies by
email. If you know of anyone who is not on social media, could you please share
the contents or part of them, and this Magazine, with anyone you think might be
interested. Services of Worship can also be accessed on BBC One on a Sunday
morning too.
In Eddleston we have Resilient Eddleston: CV - 19 Facebook Page which gives
regular updates about what is happening within our community and beyond. If help
is required with shopping, uplifting of prescriptions, setting up online facilities etc
please telephone: 'EddlePhone' on: 07444 438732 or connect with the community
support group on Facebook:
Eddleston Community Support Group -
https://www.facebook.com/207297943821571
The Horseshoe Inn has also been facilitating frozen meals on a Tuesday and Friday
between 5pm - 7pm as well as free soup which is also available at 1.00pm on
those days too. Fiona & Iain Dempster have also offered the Horseshoe as a hub
for the collection of fresh fruit and vegetables and fresh meat. Milk, eggs and bread
are also available. For those self - isolating, Fiona & Iain will happily deliver. For
further information go to the Horseshoe website or Facebook Page or telephone
01721 730225.
Please stay safe and keep well.
Lorraine.
Meet and Make: Keep Calm and Keep Crafting!
We have sadly had to close the door on all our Meet & Make classes for the time
being. However, we are not saying goodbye and we are certainly not giving up!
Now is the time to work extra hard at reaching people who are vulnerable and
lonely, and so we have a new plan of action! We will be sending all participants a
Crafting Activity Pack. This will include a positive newsletter and a crafting activity
that is easy enough to do at home. To date this will be a postal service, but we can
also send an online version if need be.
We are also starting a Crafting Chat Line. Our volunteers will be ringing all
participants on a weekly basis, to see how they are and ask how they have
managed with the activity.
Our volunteers will ask people for comments to put into the next newsletter, to
share with everyone else. We hope that in this way we can help people to stay
positive and reduce their isolation.
All the participating care homes, residential homes and sheltered housing are
pleased with this idea and will be helping residents who need it.
Thank you to all our volunteers who are helping to make this happen.
Mandy Durkin.