CELEBRATING a birthday in lockdown could have been a lonely affair, but for 85-year-old Ida Warren it was anything but.

The pensioner is one of thousands during lockdown who has also been helped by daily meal deliveries from Perthshire community group Feldy-Roo.

Mrs Warren is one of many brilliant characters on their rounds and the Feldy-Roo delivery team presented her with a card signed by all the team with a box of chocolates. The local supermarket was also keen to make her day special and delivered her a bunch of flowers.

"It made me so grateful and humble for what they did for me on my birthday. With what we are going through it makes you feel quite emotional. Someone once said to me if you are good to people in your life it will come back to you in shovel loads well it certainly did this week," said Mrs Warren.

As well as being thankful to the volunteers, Mrs Warren, from Aberfeldy, said she has huge respect for those in the NHS for what they are doing.

She added: "It was a few months ago I needed their help. I had a routine hip operation but then took a heart attack and ended up having two major operations in just weeks and I was so grateful to the NHS for what they did for me."

Feldy-Roo started at the beginning of lockdown after Aberfeldy pub The Fountain, run by Gavin Price, was forced to close down following a Government ban on bars and restaurants opening.

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They had initially thought they would be able to put some surplus food to good use for a few meals but ended up expanding and now the team of volunteers deliver two meals a day to people who are isolating.

And last week they even dropped off a few copies of the Herald on Sunday for people as well.

Their aim now is to ensure they can raise enough funds to be able to supply daily meals until the end of lockdown.

Having established a fundraising team early on, there has been no let up in trying potential financial support routes.

Feldy-Roo founder Gavin Price said: “Our funding team are making sure we cover every blade of

grass to ensure we have enough to complete the project. We have now secured funding from the NHS Community Innovation Fund were so impressed with our project that they very quickly turned our application round and awarded us another fantastic amount of £7967.”

The group is now putting out close to 400 lunches and dinners a day for pensioners in the Aberfeldy area.

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The Glasgow arm of humanitarian and development organisation Human Appeal has been helping to deliver food supplies to people in need during this time.

They teamed up with Viral Kindness Scotland a project to bring together local groups and volunteers across Scotland has helped hundreds of people struggling during the coronavirus outbreak.

Hundreds of local businesses and organisations have now registered to be part of the community-led project.

Viral Kindness Scotland has partnered with convenience stores across Scotland to ensure there is food available for the vulnerable.

It is building an army of volunteers to deliver vital goods or provide a friendly voice to talk to, as well as identifying vulnerable people who need help, and making vital connections with local volunteers, businesses and charities.

Human Appeal Glasgow co-ordinator Javid Ullah said it has been at hectic time for them getting deliveries to people who are struggling to get out.

As well as reaching people in their homes they have also been delivering meals to the “superheroes “at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital who are on the frontline of the coronavirus battle.

They have also been supported by Batley’s Cash n Carry Kilbirnie Street, Glasgow for donating all food bags to Human Appeal which will then be delivered to the vulnerable and elderly people.

Mr Ullah said: “It has been a hectic time getting deliveries to people and we have just been using our vehicles to get to people. We have had a great response from businesses wanting to help out as well. We have been able to deliver food packs with some of the essentials in it. It really seems to put a smile on people’s faces and people appreciate what you are doing.

“We haven’t been able to take on anymore volunteers at this point and everything we do has to have an element of social distancing.”

Meanwhile, in the north-east, McLeish, the award-winning independent convenience store owned and run by retailer Scott Graham in Inverurie, has joined the project. Viral Kindness Scotland will be sending 500 postcards to the store which local shoppers can fill out and return via freepost, offering to volunteer or identifying someone who needs help.

Kingswells Village Hall near Aberdeen has also offered its hall to help with the region’s coronavirus response.

Scott Graham, owner of McLeish in Inverurie, said: “The Viral Kindness Scotland project is a fantastic community initiative which we’re delighted to support.

“Stores like ours are at the heart of communities, so if we can help identify vulnerable people or make people aware how to volunteer in Inverurie, it will make a huge difference for those struggling at this difficult time.”