A DIRECTORY letting Flintshire residents know what local support there is during the coronavirus crisis has been launched.

Feeding Flintshire has been set up by Hawarden-based businesswoman Emma Leighton.

It gives Flintshire residents direct links to groups and businesses that can provide vital assistance during this time of crisis.

The site includes a full list of dedicated shopping times for the elderly and vulnerable and NHS staff, volunteer groups and home delivery services and emergency numbers.

It is available at http://www.feedingflintshire.co.uk/#HomeDelivery

And Emma is calling on the local community to send relevant information of organisations and services which will be of use during the crisis.

These include local volunteer groups, home and medicine delivery services and food banks.

She said: "I am urging groups and businesses to upload their specific details onto the website www.feedingflintshire.co.uk, the service is totally free.

"When you have a family, these coming days are quite scary and even more wretched when you live alone and/or are elderly and vulnerable.

"Thousands of people are now stuck in their homes with no one to see or help them during this crisis which can have long lasting damaging effects on their mental health.

"I thought at first ringing our members at Oddfellows (which she is a social organiser of) to create a support network but I wanted to help out on a much larger scale where many people can access the help they need in one place.”

Emma said that Flintshire County Council will be work with her providing as much information as it can over the next few weeks but time is of the essence.

She wants gather information from anyone else that is providing a unique service during the crisis, like providing free hotel rooms for NHS staff or businesses dedicating certain trading hours for certain people.

Local groups and business can enter their details on www.feedingflintshire.co.uk

If you know a business that can help, tag them on Facebook/feedingflintshire and send them to the website www.feedingflintshire.co.uk