ELDERLY people in Chipping Campden stand to benefit from a new service laid on as a result of a former resident's generosity.

Two Tryphena Wood health advisers have already been appointed to help elderly Campden residents to stay in the town as long as possible.

Miss Wood lived well into her 90s before her death last year and when she died she bequeathed her house in Hoo Lane to the Chipping Campden Community Trust, instructing that the proceeds from its sale be used to help elderly people stay in the town.

The trust, now chaired by Kate Griffiths, decided that her bequest matched its own aim of improving "supportive facilities for the benefit of the inhabitants of Chipping Campden with especial regard to the needs of the young, the elderly, the disadvantaged and the disabled."

After much debate with other Campden organisations, trustees took the decision to use interest from the sale to fund the new health adviser scheme and advisers Liz Pyment and Bridget Tugwood have already started work.

Their role will be to give advice on the services available to the elderly, liaise with other services and help them with the necessary paperwork. Those who might benefit have already been sent an introductory pack and a questionnaire asking them about any day-to-day difficulties they have.

The service will be free and open only to Campden residents and the trustees believe it will be a big help to those residents who might otherwise have to leave their homes and the town as they grow older.

The two advisers, both district nurses, have been issued with a special maroon coloured uniform and badge.

Ms Pyment is a Campdonian with many years nursing experience and a member of the Federation of Nursing Personnel. Mrs Tugwood, an experienced community nurse, comes from Shipston, but has lived in Campden for five years.