Students at Kempston Rural Primary School have donated a quarter of a tonne of food to Bedford Foodbank – enough to feed over 600 people in need.
While the school has raised funds for their own projects throughout the year, they wanted to do something for others outside their school community.
The PTA and school invited the children to come into school in non-uniform in exchange for a Foodbank donation and they collected the items with the help of Rupert in reception, Olivia in Year 2 and Stanley in Year 3.
Bedford Foodbank, part of the Trussel Trust, was founded in 2004 and is part of a network of 428 Foodbanks designed to help people in crisis.
As of the last two years, they have helped to provide almost three million three-day emergency food supplies to families across the UK.
And due to the current cost of living crisis, the number of people using Bedford Foodbank has more than doubled in the last two years.
Neil Hiscocks, assistant project manager at Bedforfd foodbank, said the donation was, “absolutely brilliant from a primary school.”
“Despite the current world crises we are blessed by the kindness of the good people of Bedford.”
In February, Bedford Foodbank moved premises to cope with the rapidly increasing demand and Neil said they hope to have, “future-proofed the operation”.
He said, “We look forward to the day we can close the doors forever”. But due to the current figures, Neil added, “It is not getting better anytime soon.”
