Macduff Parish Church, Aberdeenshire, has donated nearly £1000 each to two local charities, the breast screening unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and the Aberdeen Anchor Unit.

The money was raised from donations to a lunch club, set up by the church in November 2023 to help local people struggling with the cost of living. Although the fortnightly soup and hot pudding lunch was meant to be free, they soon found that many people wanted to give a donation.

To supplement this, a Soup and Sweet event was held on June 1. Altogether £1940.80 was raised.