Scottish advice firm donates to local food delivery effort and other good news of the week…

Aberfeldy firm donates £500 to delivery service

As lockdown took a hold on the Scottish town of Aberfeldy, the community's hospitality sector pulled together to form ‘Feldy-Roo'.

The local delivery service providing free meals and newspapers to those most in need during the pandemic attracted national media attention and has seen more than 400 meals delivered each to day pensioners in the area.

Aberfeldy's Macintyre Wealth Management director and Chartered financial planner Andrew Macintyre wanted to do his bit during the pandemic and decided to pitch in to Feldy-Roo's fundraising effort.

"As financial advisers, we can't really cook dinners or knit face masks. The local community effort is Feldy-Roo - we've donated £500 to that and bought the newspaper deliveries for a week, and since it continued to expand they've got major funding onboard and volunteers," Macintyre explained.

"I suspect it will probably be needed for some time to come. Businesses are starting to open and the tourism economy will probably start to open next month but there will be people vulnerable in the community."

The St James's Place firm also provides funding to local charity The Breathe Project, which supports disadvantaged young people in the town. Macintyre said the firm was also exploring ways to provide financial education to these young people.

AJ Bell boosts technology for care home residents

Investment platform firm AJ Bell has made navigating the technology required to communicate during lockdown a lot easier for some care home residents.

As part of its Wage War on Covid campaign, the firm donated about 150 tablet devices to care homes and hospitals, with apps including Zoom, Houseparty and Skype preloaded.

An AJ Bell spokesperson said: "AJ Bell's Wage War on COVID campaign has raised over £275,000 for charities including FareShare, the food bank charity, and Salford CVS, a local charity to the Manchester head office.

"Alongside the donations, AJ Bell has distributed around 150 digital tablets to care homes and hospitals so that residents and patients can stay in touch with their loved ones."

Thank you @AJBellGroup for the very generous and kind donation of a tablet stuffed full of apps such as Zoom, Houseparty and Skype so our residents can keep in touch with their families. @MorganCareLtd @BoltonCareHomes pic.twitter.com/sNqFzHUhYq

— Cllr Andy Morgan (@boltontory) June 11, 2020

 

Moneyed roll out free mortgage calculator

Financial wellbeing app provider Moneyed has done its bit to help people who need mortgage payment holidays during the pandemic.

Moneyed co-founder Samantha Short said the company's mortgage holiday calculator had been used by more than 120,000 Britons.

"Once mortgage holidays had been announced, I realised there were no resources that would help people understand the impact of taking one. I wanted to do my bit to help during the pandemic and building a free calculator felt like an, albeit small, way I could contribute to the effort," she said.

"The feedback we get is that it provides peace of mind and reassurance. The calculator has been especially useful when mortgage lenders sometimes get the new payment amount wrong or simply fail to communicate it to their customers."

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