1000 student volunteers ready to shop for the elderly
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English - April 08, 2020 23:07 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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1000 students have signed up to the volunteer army, working with supermarket chains to shop and deliver groceries to elderly and vulnerable around the country. Not only that - they've developed a payment system to make it possible where stores don't offer online shopping. The Student Volunteer Army is also working with childcare agencies to recruit students to provide childcare for essential workers. Kathryn talks with founder Sam Johnson.The SVA phone number is 0800 005 902.