Russell Macmillan of East Renfrewshire Good Causes (ERGC) has teamed up with the area’s Rotary clubs to launch a charity walk.

Aimed at people of all abilities and ages, the event aims to promote the benefits of walking a little bit each day.

Eastwood Rotary Club have helped Russell, who is registered blind and owes his life to a donor organ transplant, organise the one kilometre walk.

Speaking to The News, Russell said: ”Please give ten minutes of your time, to love your neighbour, show you care, and walk for your community.

“It’s a great opportunity that is open to literally everyone to get involved whether you are young or old, athletic or not, able or disabled.

“If you walk 10 paces with a stroller, be pushed 10 rotations of a wheelchair wheel or 10 times round the 1km circuit — walk what you are able and show you care about your own neighbours in your own community.” The walk takes place on April 26 in Rouken Glen Park, Eastwood between 9am and 4pm.

The route will start near the garden centre car park at the entrance of Rouken Glen.

Russell added: “Eastwood Rotary Club have organised this local event, where 75 per cent of all money raised goes to East Renfrewshire Good Causes and 25 per cent goes to Rotary’s other charity activities.

“Ensuring that most of the money is spent in East Renfrewshire in a street near to you — there is no greater joy than to love your neighbour so please participate For more details and to sign up for the event visit www.eastwoodrotary.org.uk or contact Ronnie Munn on 01355 500208.

Russell continued: “Does your workplace, school, sports club, church, guides, scouts etc. want to take part as a team Please help us love our neighbours by organising your group.” Last week The News revealed that Russell had decided to open East Renfrewshire’s second foodbank.

Separate from the already well established East Renfrewshire Foodbank, Russell hopes to collect food donations to help families who are not in crisis situations, but are severely struggling with income.

By supplying food packages which could feed a family for a week, he aims to help these families free up money to buy new school uniforms, shoes, education supplies and other essentials that would normally be out of reach as money goes towards feeding the family.

He said: “We were approached by the bank of Scotland who offered their services, and said that they would like to donate food to ERGC.

“It is yet another way of loving your neighbour.

“25 items in a food package will go a long way to reducing the families food bill for that week and this means that they might now be able to afford that new pair of shoes that their child really needs.”