Kilmarnock entrepreneur Marie Macklin CBE has donated £100,000 to help people in need during the coronavirus outbreak. She has launched a community fund called Lift Up Your Hearts – which aims to deliver 20,000 meals.The project has teamed up with charity Centrestage and Braehead Foods to prepare and deliver free meals to homes in Kilmarnock and across East Ayrshire.
Marie, who founded the HALO Regeneration company, said: “It is a very proud day for not just me but everyone at the HALO to see so many people come together to support the Lift Up Your Hearts campaign which we hope will help local communities that need it the most during these unprecedented times. “I’d like to thank the team at Braehead Foods and everyone at Centrestage for