The Club handed over the final cheque for £4000 to North Argyll Young Carers to help support Young Carers as part of a three your commitment totalling £12,000.
This tranche of money has been especially important during lockdown as Young Carers have been particularly isolated.
In 2017 The Rotary Club of Oban agreed to support the Young Carers Programme to
the extent of £4,000 per annum for three years i.e. £12,000 in total.
The Young Carers Programme, which operates under the auspices of The North Argyll Carers Centre, provides respite for youngsters who are obliged for whatever reason to support parents, siblings or other close family members. At the present time there are some 300 youngsters between the ages of 8 and 18 in the Oban area looking after relatives before going to/after school or work. The money provided by Oban Rotary from their fund raising programmes can be match funded.
Oban Rotary President, Iain Mac Intyre is seen here handing over the second tranche of £4,000 to the Carers Centre Manager Morag MacLean with her colleague Agnes Ingram also in attendance.
On the back of Oban Rotary"s £12,000 commitment over 3 years the management of the North Argyll Carers Centre submitted a grant application to "Children in Need" and this was successful to the extent of a whopping £83,360 which will not only enable NACC to increase the level of support to the Young Carers but underpin the future of the initiative. Morag MacLean, NACC's Manager was profuse in her praise of Oban Rotary saying that the club's support of the Young Carers initiative was crucial to gaining this award.
