We support Fareshare Family Foodbank
We are proud to be able to provide funding to the FareShare Family Foodbank, supporting the delivery of food parcels to vulnerable, elderly and isolating Kent residents during Covid-19 and beyond.
FareShare is the UK’s longest running food redistribution charity and has been delivering a whopping 395 food parcels per week throughout Kent since lockdown began. The need for these vital food parcels has risen by 400% as they try and seek to meet the needs of vulnerable people during the ongoing pandemic.
The parcels are delivered to anyone vulnerable or without income or not yet in receipt of benefits. This includes elderly who are unable to shop, as well as families.
Kareen McDonald, Business Development Executive for FareShare said “We used most of the funding from Golding Homes to purchase additional food to support the huge increase in requests for food boxes. We went from approximately 125 per week before lockdown to 700 at the height of the pandemic. Our donations and existing stock could not have coped with this increased demand so this donation was vital to supplement food in short supply.
We used the remainder of the funding to purchase boxes to safely distribute the food and to adhere to the food standards applied at the time, as well as purchase fuel to make personal one-to-one deliveries for those who were unable to leave home through isolation or disability. We are so grateful for your support, thank you again.”
Sue Chalkley, Interim CEO at Golding Homes said “We are pleased to be able to support local community projects which are making a real difference during these challenging times. We are delighted to support FareShare with this Community Chest Fund to enable them to continue providing food parcels to those in need.”
FareShare are currently looking for volunteers in the Kent area to assist them in distributing food parcels. You can find out more on their website at fareshare.org.uk/fareshare-centres/kent
As seen on Housing Digital