30/04/2026
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Join our wonderful Community Carrot project: The Community Carroteers.
Abby and Jill are one of 9 befriending pairs that we have matched over the last year.
I asked Jill for her thoughts on her experience, and her first reaction was this:
“Danielle, how does this relate to me? I’m 85, and I can do my own shopping. Having health problems is something that I can deal with. A ‘stranger’ every week! How will I cope with that?”
But I had been struggling, I agreed because the Crunchy Carrot Shop had been good to me in many ways, I trusted it, and if I could help, I should. And so I met Abby, my shopper, and everything changed. How could I possibly think I was helping? Abby is a tremendous help, quiet, efficient, funny, professional, and now a good friend. I have more energy to spare, I never run out of things, I make lists, and I look forward to not shopping. I feel more independent, not less, and I feel a lot happier. I am very lucky indeed. Thank you, Crunchy Carrot, Danielle, and most of all, Abby.
Can you spare 2–3 hours a week (or every two weeks)? We need volunteers to deliver shopping to someone in a rural area who may be isolated or struggling to get out.
It’s a shopping + befriending role—drop off the bags, then stay for a wee cuppa and a blether.
Interested? Come and join the Community Carroteers—our brilliant team of volunteers.
For more information, please get in touch with Danielle at [email protected] or leave a wee message in the chat here.
