Hawzah News Agency  (Bolton - UK) - Mosques and temples are helping to assist the elderly and the vulnerable in their towns and cities.

As the countrywide lockdown takes hold within the first week many religious and community organisations have been helping ALL members of their community.

The army of volunteers have been collecting food and essentials to ensure those people that need the most help at this time of crisis are being cared for.

At many times they are putting themselves in harms way.

The Bolton Hindu Forum said they are leading 'a joint Coordinated Community Help Program to look after elders living alone and who have no immediate family and those who have family but they are out of town and not able to help as they would in normal circumstances'.

The Masjide Noorul Islam (Blackburn) have already recruited 250 people to help the elderly and vulnerable in isolation.

A spokesperson said, “Masjide Noorul Islam and our sponsors are funding the project and we hope to help as many people that need our support.  We will be posting the leaflets to all households in the ward for people that are not on Social Media.

“We would like to thank the Masjid committee, the sub group that help arrange the support group, our sponsors and the volunteers.”