R & L Miller, agricultural engineers based in Dalry, recently donated £2,000 to Ayrshire Hospice.

Like many businesses last year, R & L Miller were unable to go ahead with their Christmas night out and instead wanted to give back to their favourite local charity.

Lorna Miller said: “Due to the restrictions with COVID we decided that all money due to be spent on Christmas thank you gifts and our work Christmas party would instead be donated to Ayrshire Hospice.

“Last year was a challenging one for everyone and we wanted to do something positive to support our local community.”

R & L Miller’s kindness also sparked a lovely gesture from local printer, J & L Print Solutions, who printed their corporate Christmas cards for free when they found out that they were supporting Ayrshire Hospice.

Ron Swanson, Assistant Fundraising Manager at Ayrshire Hospice said: “We are so thankful to R & L Miller for choosing to support Ayrshire Hospice in such a meaningful way. Though they were unable to celebrate as a team at Christmas, their generosity to our charity is such a lovely gesture and truly valued by all of the doctors, nurses and the rest of the team at the hospice.”