Giving for Gedling Food Bank Appeal

The idea

The Mayor of Gedling Borough Council, Cllr Sandra Barnes has launched the ‘Giving for Gedling Food Bank Appeal’ to support our most vulnerable residents during the Coronavirus outbreak.

We’ve been inspired by the response from residents and know that many of you want to help. We’ve created a crowdfunding project so that residents and businesses whose circumstances allow, can donate to provide additional community support for those who are most in need.

All Gedling Borough Councillors have kick started the fund by each pledging £250 from their Councillor Community Grants Fund, giving a total of £10,250, but we are asking you to help us match that amount and raise a further £10,000 and help us reach our target of £20,000.

All donations will either be given directly to registered food banks who support residents across the borough, or be used by Gedling Borough Council to purchase food and essential items for distribution to those food banks or directly to residents in need.

What we'll deliver

Support for Bethesda Ministries Food Bank (Netherfield)

Support for Trussell Trust Food Bank (Carlton)

Support for Daybrook Baptist Church Food Bank (Arnold)

Support for Phoenix Farm Food Bank (Gedling)

Why it's a great idea

The food banks provide an essential service to those most in need of support in our community. This project is so important because it will help them at a time when they are seeing huge demand with a reduction in supplies.

Steps to get it done

Purchase food and supplies for food banks in the borough

Location

By Gedling Borough Council

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About

Hi everyone. We are contacting you as people who very kindly donated to our Giving for Gedling campaign at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Today, we are supporting Marcus Rashford and launching a campaign to help eligible school children receive free school meals to get help during the half term who have also been affected by COVID. Over 2,500 children in Gedling are eligible and this half term and at Christmas half term, we want to make sure they don't go hungry. So we are asking you to donate to our new scheme and raise £10,000. The money will be used to buy food for the local foodbanks that will be given specifically to families who are eligible for school meals. The council has already committed £4,350 and we need your help. Please donate by going to https://www.spacehive.com/feeding-gedling-children-fund Thank you. Gedling Borough Council

You did it! Thank you. I am overwhelmed by the support for our campaign, which has exceeded our target. You have helped raise £25,000 to help local food banks in less than two weeks. As the Mayor of Gedling Borough Council, I see the fantastic things that our residents and businesses do all the time to help good causes but this has been something very special. To raise such a large amount in such a short space of time is wonderful and I am very grateful to you all for the kindness and compassion you have shown. Every donation, no matter what size, will make a real difference. All donations will either be given directly to the local food banks or used by the council to purchase food and essential items for distribution to the food banks or directly to residents in need. The Coronavirus outbreak has caused suffering for so many people but there are some who have been left in a desperate situation where they cannot get food for their families and this money will help them directly. The council has also done its bit to make sure the food banks are supported. I would like to thank all 41 councillors who each donated £250 from their Councillor’s Community Fund to help kick-start this campaign with £10,250. The council is also providing a further £20,000 to buy food at the newly opened Humanitarian Centre at Richard Herrod Centre, Carlton. The centre has already begun sending out food parcels to people across the borough who have needed help. On behalf of everyone at Gedling Borough Council and from all our local churches and food banks, thank you for making a donation and for helping our most vulnerable residents. You have helped so many people and it will make a real difference to their lives. Stay safe and look after each other. Mayor of Gedling, Councillor Sandra Barnes.