An ice cream van has been turned into an essential food delivery service for communities in North and West Belfast. Instead of serving up 99s, it now carries basics like food, milk or kitchen roll and brings supplies to people in need in the fight against Covid=19.
The van’s signature tune now alerts people that its in their area and they can buy what they need on their street. It also stocks hand sanitiser which is being made locally by TLC Aftercare who were doing creams for Cusick Tattoos and have now turned their hand to sanitiser.
The mobile shop service came about when Steven Pollock from the Action for Community Transformation Initiative (ACT initiative) started planning how he could help vulnerable people in the community during the