Kilmarnock entrepreneur donates £100,000 to feed vulnerable people during coronavirus crisis

West Lothian Council has launched a new social media campaign to raise awareness of the support available for vulnerable people.

Andy Cohen has spoken out against “antiquated and discriminatory” rules barring men from donating blood if they’ve had sex with another man over a given period of time.

Madonna is teaming up with REFORM Alliance to protect a criminally underserved population.

With jails and prisons struggling to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay, on Wednesday (April 22), Madonna's Ray of Light Foundation and REFORM Alliance announced plans to curb the issue by donating 100,000 surgical masks."We teamed up with @Madonna @PairOfThieves @bailproject and @cut_50 to secure 100k MORE MASKS FOR PEOPLE BEHIND BARS," REFORM Alliance tweeted.

Celebs were keeping busy this week, from Drew Barrymore partnering with Uber to donate $100,000 to Feeding America, to Karlie Kloss staying fit at home with her Samsung Smart TV, to Charlie Puth putting a duet-style twist on Gabby Barrett’s song “I Hope.” Read on to find out more of what the stars have been up to! 

Kanye West’s charitable collaboration with Chick-fil-A has helped provide 300,000 meals to the needy in Los Angeles.

Roll up, roll up... The owner of a Cambuslang snack van is proving that the best way to thank kind- hearted frontline staff in times of crisis is through the stomach.

West Lothian has been allocated a £1 million food fund to support people struggling through the coronavirus outbreak.

Halsey is doing her part in a big way to help the fight against COVID-19.

A bold gesture...

Halsey has donated 100,000 face masks to four California medical facilities.Halsey announced the news on Instagram, saying she was “in awe of the medical workers on the frontlines.” She says she worked with Orange International Inc. to source the FDA-certified three-ply masks from a factory in Guangzhou, China.The masks will be distributed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Providence Saint Joseph, LAC+USC Medical Center and Martin Luther King Jr.

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"No act of kindness is too small right now"

Jay-Z and Meek Mill’s Prison Reform Alliance is giving back during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jay-Z and Meek Mill are using their Prison Reform Alliance to help jails and prisons amid the ongoing health crisis.

Leonardo DiCaprio has teamed up with Oprah Winfrey to raise $15 million (£12.1 million) to keep poor Americans fed during the coronavirus pandemic.

"I didn’t even know we were on her radar"

The Walt Disney Co., through its parks division, has donated more than 100,000 N95 masks for medical professionals in New York, California and Florida amid the coronavirus crisis, the company said Wednesday. In addition, Disney has donated more than150,000 rain ponchos to the humanitarian aid organization MedShare for distribution to hospitals, according to the parks' official blog.