“I came to this area 40 years ago and never left,” Christine “Welshy” Gavano, 56, says of Ashton-under-Lyne as she’s preparing bags of fresh vegetables and cupboard staples that local families will pick up later in the day.
Mother-of-three and grandmother Christine volunteers at the Smallshaw Hurst Community Action Group, a local service helping people in Broadoak & Smallshaw, Hurst Cross and Hazel Hurst get through the cost of living crisis.
When she’s not at the action group, she will usually be found volunteering at the Action Group's pantry store, the Ashton United In the Community Luncheon Club for older people on Wednesdays and with Cedar Park Chefs. READ MORE: Heated blankets and scarves given to vulnerable people struggling with soaring costs of heating bills “I volunteer in the community most days,” Christine says. “I never stop, there’s no rest for me.” The pantry store provides families with a weekly £3 food bag, alongside recipes for using ingredients in the bag with an estimation of just how much gas and electricity it will cost to make.
Christine says it is a service that has become even more essential in recent weeks, with families needing to know where every single penny goes.
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