Grant helps families buy food and other essentials
Maidenhead: Link Foundation providing much-needed supermarket vouchers
Some of Maidenhead’s most disadvantaged families have been able to access fresh food and other essentials thanks to a donation from the Advertiser’s owner.
The Link Foundation has received a £2,000 grant from the Louis Baylis trust, which it used in January to give supermarket vouchers to the most disadvantaged people in the Marlow and Maidenhead areas.
The charity also used the money to give families Argos vouchers, which were used to get laptops and tablets to help with schoolwork, and in some cases for fridges and freezers, which many of the most hardup families have been struggling without.
Una Loughrey, chair of the Link Foundation, said: “Its unbelievable to see how many families are coping without a fridge or freezer.
“The idea that you have four or five children without a fridge for fresh food, I don’t know how they can cope.
“It grinds you down. A lot of these people have been ground down.”
With help from the Baylis Trust, The Link Foundation has been able to support these people and help them get through life a little easier.
The charity is also reliant on its loyal volunteers, who Una thanked for their help delivering the vouchers to those who needed them most, and for offering their help and support to others.
With many of the charity’s fundraising efforts cancelled when the first lockdown began, it has ad to get a little creative when raising funds for people who need help.
Last week, fitness instructor Helena Shirley volunteered to run a fundraising yoga session over Zoom, with more than 100 people donating £5 to join in.
Una added: “It was just a marvellous time.
“It’s a lovely story of how people want to help us.”