“I came to this area 40 years ago and never left,” Christine “Welshy” Gavano, 56, says of Ashton-under-Lyne as she’s preparing bags of fresh vegetables and cupboard staples that local families will pick up later in the day.
Mother-of-three and grandmother Christine volunteers at the Smallshaw Hurst Community Action Group, a local service helping people in Broadoak & Smallshaw, Hurst Cross and Hazel Hurst get through the cost of living crisis.
When she’s not at the action group, she will usually be found volunteering at the Action Group's pantry store, the Ashton United In the Community Luncheon Club for older people on Wednesdays and with Cedar Park Chefs.
