JADE WRIGHT
GIVES A SHOUT OUT TO SOME OF THOSE AMAZING PEOPLE HELPING THEIR NEIGHBOURS IN NEED
Beacon Centre For The Blind has been supporting people with sight loss for 145 years. Volunteers have been delivering the talking newspaper service to over 110 people every week, walking dogs, helping people access food, making and delivering hundreds of meals, as well as offering vital welfare calls to people they’d usually support faceto-face. busier than ever, picking up unwanted food from businesses and distributing it to people in need, and those who can’t leave
their homes. trjfpbrum.com
Hickory’s has raised £50,000 justgiving.com/ campaign/foodonfriday north Wales, raised more than £50,000 in just one week to help families in need. It’s been cooking and delivering hundreds of free hot meals to families who need some extra support. justgiving.com/ fundraising/hickoryscashforkids
When the lockdown started, community cookery school codirectors Stephanie Hayman and Pieter van Zyl started feeding their neighbours with stocks from their kitchens. This has grown to delivering 80–110 meals a day to elderly and shielded people in and around Deal and Sandwich. chequersdeal.co.uk