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National 'Elf
Dress up as an elf and save lives

Veggie basket scheme
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Local group grows in popularity

Border Links’ Veggie Basket scheme is only one of a series of projects undertaken by this local group. Border Links Community Enterprise is the brainchild of Billy and Helen Hogg and Melanie Deans. It is a non profit making business which offers a daycare service to less advantaged members of the community. The original project was set up in Cornhill, and it proved so successful, that last September, another group was created here in Amble.

Pictured are: Mark Dunn, Barry Stewart, Jason Moore, Billy Hogg, Liz Liddle, Claire Nichol, Robin Mather and Daniel Mitchell

The group also takes part in arts and crafts activities, including oil painting, digital photography and making and selling ‘quirky’ cards. Members are also encouraged to undertake individual projects. There are seven members of the Amble group, along with support co-ordinator Liz Liddle.

Billy Hogg said “We want to raise the profile of local people. In Cornhill for example, the Post Office is the hub of that small rural community. Previously, disadvantaged people could be bussed up to 25 miles away to the nearest day centre. We want to break down barriers. Now the group members are better known in the town.”
Helen Hogg told The Ambler about recent financial good news, “We’re delighted to receive funding from Community Action Northumberland so we can purchase IT and other necessary office equipment for Border Links' new admin base in Berwick upon Tweed. It is a much needed development to cope with the growing admin workload now involved in operating the Enterprise and providing an efficient delivery service for all of our customers in North Northumberland.”

If you are interested in the Veggie Basket scheme, you can contact Border Links on 01890-820714 or email borderlinks@hhogg.free-online.co.uk. Alternatively you can call in to meet the Amble group in the Church Hall of The Sacred Heart on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10am -3pm and visitors are always welcome.