THREE friends and Red Cross volunteers who live in South Lakeland perhaps never thought their skills would be required in response to a global pandemic.

David Taylor (left) of Holme, Graham Hundley (centre) of Kendal and Dave Hayes (right) of Kendal, who met each other in the 1990s, worked to ‘ensure the readiness’ of Cumbria’s NHS COVID-19 recovery centres, including at Kendal Leisure Centre, earlier in the crisis.