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Rebecca says Fairclough, it has yet to be called, in spite of the> signing of the voluntary -

Invited People to "Volunteer Responder" a month ago, there was a flood of applications.

Three-quarters of A Million people, including patient transportation and food delivery service.

Six hundred were accepted a thousand, on The System , but So Far have 50,000 tasks were completed.

There is frustration from Volunteers , which have not been used yet.

Rebecca Fairclough, Manchester, applied to a "check-in-and-chat" voluntary giving phone support to people who feel isolated.

However, although they spent many hours on standby, she is not yet called.

"I'm on the app and marked me as in the service, especially in the evening hours and on weekends. So There is a total of 75 hours I already online to Volunteer and either make or accept calls, and I've heard nothing," she says.

Vulnerable people, who are entitled to support from The System have complained that it is difficult to reach.

Among them are Rebecca's parents, Joanna and Peter are away, the shield in her apartment for More Than an hour of your.

Peter has A Lung disease that entitles him to claim the support of the NHS, the Voluntary Responder System. But his wife Joanna says that they were not aware of it.

"In the shield letter, she told to gather friends and family recipes, and this is from the government," she says.

The couple say The First three weeks of the lockout were particularly difficult for you, but you will no longer need additional support because of their local village support System to help you.

away from the main NHS scheme, resulting in many of the smaller scale voluntary schemes.

Volunteers to go door-to-door in Liverpool help for vulnerable people

In Liverpool, the St Michael's Community Support network offers a way to quickly. It was door-to-door to check on people.

organizers Kal Ross said: "We do a lot of courtesy calls, keep people company, to deliver on the things that we have begun, and warm meals.

"Really all we can in our spirit, because it is The Experience within our community is very important, and if you organize that it's pretty powerful stuff. "

The NHS, the Voluntary Responder scheme is co-ordinated by The Royal Voluntary Service (RVS).

The organizers apologized to the Volunteers who are still waiting, to help, to explain that The System has taken longer than expected.

you also have to Set Up a new Hotline to help people upon request.

Rebecca Kennelly, the head of the said volunteering in the RVS, said: "I think The Key is that we give everyone the opportunity to log in to The System .

"Anyone who feels that they are not endangered or vulnerable, and feel that you can give the support of an shopping role-playing, or prescription pick-ups, or maybe a phone call, please give us a ring. "

The RVS, the promotion of choice is eligible for support, or phone the helpline, which is 0808 196 3646.

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Source of news: bbc.com