NHS Tayside staff have come together to do their bit for charity.
Staff from the Financial Services and Payroll teams have backed the health boards Pays it Forward campaign by collecting and donating food and toiletries to Alexander Community Development.
The community group will now divide the donations between 20 local foodbanks.
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The Pays it Forward campaign was started by NHS Tayside staff who wanted to give something back and donate items to communities across Tayside in thanks of the support they received during the coronavirus pandemic.
Personal Assistant Alison Inglis helped coordinate the team’s donation efforts.
She said: “Everyone in the team has shown incredible generosity by getting involved in the NHS Tayside Pays it Forward campaign. It wasn’t long before we filled our first box.
“We felt it was important to join our clinical colleagues in paying it forward. It is vital to help those in need at this time.”
To see a list of organisations that are accepting donations, check out the NHS Tayside website.
NHS Tayside staff have launched a new campaign to pay forward the kindness shown to them by people across Tayside throughout COVID-19. During the coronavirus pandemic, NHS Tayside has been inundated with incredibly generous donations for both staff and patients from people and business across Tayside. However, as there is now a welcome decrease in the number of coronavirus patients and the focus turns to planning for the next phases of responding to the virus, staff decided that it is now time to give back to the community.A group of staff have kicked off the ‘NHS Tayside Pays it Forward’ campaign to take the time to think about others and donate items to communities across Tayside to ensure that help goes to those who need it mostYou can find a list of local groups who are accepting donations here – https://bit.ly/36GcwwK#nhstaysidepaysitforward
Posted by NHS Tayside on Thursday, 28 May 2020
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