Good afternoon,

With temperature meaning high it has been a tough week for our teams, with no air conditioning in any of our buildings or our van.

Yesterday we hosted the Trussell Essex network of Foodbanks, with Trussell Foodbanks represented from all over Essex, and we also welcomed new members of the team from Romford and Harold Hill. It is always good to get together to share experiences, and help others as the join the network. Although with 21 people in our conference room it was a tad warm.

Many Thanks to our van crew Richard and Andy who went over to Tilbury to collect 2 pallets of Washing products that have been donated to bring back to our warehouse, Bless them along with Ceri our Warehouse manager Ceri, they all looked shattered after they had unloaded the van! I did get reminded again that there was no Air Conditioning the van!

This week we also have a team at Morrisons all week collecting donations for us

Thanks to Helen for coordinating the collection for us and those that are helping out this week, we have had some great help from DP World, Palmers Solicitors, VSL.

We really appreciate all their support

This week we also visited a community supermarket in Rochford, to see how it works, and to investigate if we could replicate something similar. What a great initiative it was. Watch This Space!

Our centres were busy, and still we see many coming to us for the first time! what a difference a warm smile, a drink and a chat really makes to someone, and their perspective on life. We are able to prove that people do care!