East Renfrewshire Good Causes passes £1 million mark

A local charity has reached the incredible milestone of giving out £1 million in “goods and services” to support people and good causes in East Renfrewshire.
Russell Macmillan is so grateful to all the groups and organisations in East Renfrewshire who have helped East Ren Good Causes provide more than £1 million worth of support to the community.Russell Macmillan is so grateful to all the groups and organisations in East Renfrewshire who have helped East Ren Good Causes provide more than £1 million worth of support to the community.
Russell Macmillan is so grateful to all the groups and organisations in East Renfrewshire who have helped East Ren Good Causes provide more than £1 million worth of support to the community.

East Renfrewshire Good Causes (ERGC) was launched by registered blind man Russell Macmillan, from Newton Mearns, after he received a life-saving, type 1 diabetes curing, pancreas and kidney transplant in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in January 2007.

Russell said: Russell said: “Guided by my personal Christian faith, I wanted the two organs to ‘live on’ inside me and power the work of loving our neighbours in memory of the sadly deceased organ donor, and thank God and everyone involved in the NHS team for my second gift of life.

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“Reaching the £1 million mark is beyond my wildest dreams, and I hope the donor is in heaven looking down approvingly of the many achievements and more than 2600 individuals helped.

“This miraculous raising of local standards has been made possible thanks to the many churches, businesses, groups and individuals supporting the work we do, and I would like to say a massive thanks to all in our community for making East Renfrewshire a wonderful place to live.

“Working together lets us love more neighbours.”

ERGC, although technically a charity, is more of a ‘Good Neighbour Club’ as it looks to provide a helping hand to show residents in East Renfrewshire that their community cares about them, especially when they going through a variety of different issues – anything from Autism to Alzheimers, and virtually everything else in between.

The ‘Good Neighbour Club’ aims to provide “goods and services” just above the state provision, so that all members of the community can come together to raise the local standard.

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ERGC works in partnership with many groups and organisations. A few of the many ways ERGC has helped to support people in East Renfrewshire in recent months have included:

• Providing five computer tablets to a hospital consultant to use in his ward;

• Purchasing and distributing large bottles of hand sanitiser to a variety of frontline staff and people with serious medical issues;

• Providing sensory equipment for a single parent who looks after a teenager who struggles to sleep and have a routine;

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• Delivering groceries and toiletries from the ERGC store to a socially isolated disabled adult with no family support;

• Partly funding a hall and stair carpet for a mum with toddler fleeing domestic abuse and setting up new tenancy;

• Providing a washing machine for a single parent who had to give up full time employment due to chronic mental health issues.

Anyone wishing to join and support the ERGC ‘Good Neighbour Club’ can call Russell on 07714 293256 or email [email protected]. There is also more information at the ERGC website

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