Dumfries and Galloway forces charity draw leaves Dalry resident fuelling good

Southwest RnR held a raffle offering people the chance to win £1,000 of fuel or goods from St Michael’s Services

A Dalry woman is fuelling good after winning a charity prize draw.

Southwest RNR held a raffle offering people the chance to win £1,000 of fuel or goods from St Michael’s Services garages in Dalry, Dumfries, Moffat and Newton Stewart.

And the lucky winner was Linda Thomas from Dalry, who was presented with her prize by charity boss Robin Hood in the town’s Wright’s Shop.

A total of 500 tickets, costing £5, were available for the draw, with funds raised allowing a services veteran to go through HGV training with Nithcree in Dumfries.

And there is further good news for Southwest RNR charity as The Veterans Foundation will cover the costs of Robin’s salary for the next three years.

He added: “Initially it was paid by the government, then the Veterans Foundation, then the council and now the Veterans Foundation again.

“It means in all the time I’ve been involved, my salary has been paid by a third party.

“I haven’t taken a penny from the charity and all the public donations have gone to getting one woman and 81 men back into work.”

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