Riverside Day Centre in Newton Stewart is to benefit from a £5,000 donation from Celtic Football Club to help with essential repairs after extensive flooding left the centre unusable.
The centre is a community hub in Newton Stewart and provides hot food and company for the elderly and also a space for a cancer drop-in centre through the week.
Normally, around 50 local pensioners receive breakfast and a three-course lunch from the centre but with damaged appliances and a destroyed hall floor, this integral community service has had to stop.
Commenting on the donation, Richard Arkless MP for Dumfries and Galloway said:
“I was contacted by representatives of Celtic asking where they could make a donation to help people recently affected by the floods and I was pleased to nudge them in the direction of the Day Centre in Newton Stewart.
“It is a very generous amount of money and it will certainly help get the Riverside Day Centre back up and running quickly. Many people depend on the hot meals and companionship that Riverside provides and I am delighted that Celtic FC selected the centre to receive this money.
“The resilience of the local people in Newton Stewart and the way in which they have supported each other through the recent flooding crisis, has been humbling to watch. The Day Centre looks after the most vulnerable members of the community and it is essential that it gets back on its feet as soon as possible.”
Riverside Day Centre is a registered charity and depends entirely on charitable donations that it receives throughout the year.
The donation was presented to Helen Alexander and Susan McCalum ahead of the Scottish Cup game played at Stranraer’s Stair park on Sunday.
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