Nestlé support for families in need in summer
NESTLÉ IS to support 2,570 families who might otherwise go hungry during the school summer holidays on behalf of its Halifax and York employees.
The support, from one family to another, is part of Nestlé’s new £1 million investment to work with social enterprises Community Shop and FoodCloud to help 8,000 families across the UK.
Community Shop, which works in areas experiencing some of the highest levels of deprivation in the UK, including two locations in Yorkshire, will use the investment to provide fresh, nutritious meals for vulnerable children and their families.
The funding will also support Community Shop’s broader aims to build stronger individuals and more confident communities through services ranging from debt advice,
SUPPORT: The project is helping families in need
training and personal development; to a summer programme of events which aims to bring together families to celebrate the power of food, with the sharing of recipes and cooking demonstrations, amongst many other activities such as virtual exercise classes. Stefano Agostini, Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé UK & Ireland said: “Access to food is an urgent problem made worse by this global pandemic. As schools begin their summer break today, millions of children are at risk of holiday hunger. On behalf of our 8,000 employees in the UK and Ireland, we will be helping 8,000 lowincome families to access food and services over the summer.
This is only a fraction of what is required, of course. Hunger and food insecurity are serious problems that require significant government-led action across the board.
Nestlé is ready to play its part and we are looking at a range of further initiatives, whether that’s increasing our regular donations to food banks or encouraging our people to use some of their 16,000 annual volunteer days to further support COVID-19 recovery efforts in their local communities.”
“Hunger and food insecurity are serious problems” Stefano Agostini
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