Nairn County FC offers help to self-isolators
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A Highland League football club has offered to pick up shopping and walk dogs for people in the local community who are having to self-isolate.
Nairn County FC said the community rallied behind it when the club was in financial trouble several years ago.
The club said it would also be using its social media profile to promote local businesses facing challenges due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Football has been suspended amid efforts to control the virus' spread.
Nairn has offered to pick up shopping and prescriptions and walk dogs belonging to people who were unable to do so because of health concerns. All members of the club are involved in the effort.
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Club secretary Ian Finlayson said: "It's a new Nairn County training regime - going out and picking up shopping.
"If we cannot play football, we can help people in self-isolation. If you need your shopping done, your prescription picked up or you're dog needs walked, give us a shout."
In the south of Scotland, Melrose Rugby Club and semi-professional rugby team Southern Knights have made a similar offer to communities in their area.
Scottish Championship football club Inverness Caledonian Thistle has started a new initiative called ICT TogetherNess.
The club is appealing for food and household goods it can pass on to its older season ticket holders "who may be feeling isolated or vulnerable during the extremely challenging time".
Inverness Caley Thistle said: "It is a fact that at ICTFC, a very large percentage of our season ticket holders are senior citizens and as they have shown us amazing support in the past, it is only right that we try and return some of that support."
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