Last week's final of The Great British Bake Off saw the announcement of the 2020 winner but the Baking category in this year's Ross in Lockdown photo competition was equally impressive with some amazing submissions from our local bakers. For our Day #2 Christmas...
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Keeping Ross Buddies Safe
As winter approaches and the nights get darker, it’s very important that our growing team of Ross Good Neighbours’ Buddies continue to stay safe and ensure that the residents they shop for and help each week can easily identify the team when they visit their homes or...
Christmas Countdown #1 – support in lockdown
Earlier this year we held a Ross in Lockdown photographic competition and sadly, due to the pandemic, we still haven't been able to hold a physical exhibition. Instead, each day in the run up to Christmas, we're posting our shortlisted & winning entries again to...
Ross-on-Wye’s kindness in the community
Today, Friday 13 November, marks World Kindness Day 2020, an “attempt to make the world a better place by celebrating and promoting good deeds and pledging acts of kindness, either as individuals or as organisations” and Ross Good Neighbours (RGN) knows one or...
Ross Good Neighbours combatting loneliness in the community
Today (10 October) marks World Mental Health Day and the message is clear - it is vital that we look after each other now more than ever, particularly with local lockdowns on the increase across the UK. Loneliness is one of the major contributors to mental health...
Ross Good Neighbours’ Phone Friends transitions to Age UK
The Ross-on-Wye Community Development Trust’s ‘Phone Friends’ service has finally transferred over to Age UK in Ross after six months of helping residents in and around the town. At the start of lockdown in March, the Trust set up its Ross Good Neighbours ‘Phone...