The family of a tragic north-east mum working to open a mental health centre in her memory have launched a recruitment drive.
Shirley McCombie, 37, from Peterhead took her own life last summer.
Her loved ones decided to set up a support centre for people with mental health issues, and have secured a base at Crimond Medical Centre.
The walk-in facility will be known as Shirley’s Space and will provide both information and support.
Now the family – who raised £12,000 for the project – has launched the search for volunteers and mental health professionals to join the initiative.
A public meeting is being held at the Crimond Medical Centre next week to recruit people and gauge support for the new service, which the family hope to open in the summer.
Mrs McCombie’s husband Ivan hopes the centre can support anyone struggling.
Mr McCombie said: “It is to reach out to charities and health professionals to point us in the right direction.
“We have already had some good advice and the more people we can have involved with this the better.
“Helping one person might not change the whole world, but it might change the world for that one person.”
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Mrs McCombie’s nephew, Cameron Findlay, said the family would have reached their goal even by supporting just one person in the community.
The Shirley’s Space meeting takes place at Crimond Medical Centre on Thursday, March 28 between 7pm and 9pm.
