A local charity that helps delivers food to hungry residents across the city has continued its vital work delivering fresh vegetables to Preston food hubs.
to support communities and deliver food to ‘Holiday Hunger’ markets, with the initial 25 sites expanding to 52 by 2019.
“We were delighted that Preston City Council helped grassroots communities create holiday hunger markets. Thanks to Let’s Grow Preston’s work, alongside the efforts of Fareshare and local food hubs – who supported around 1,400 families weekly between April and September 2020 – the total output reached 570,000 meals.One of Let’s Grow Preston’s gardens
They started collecting again in mid-July, accumulating a £911.71 value, with a weight of 191kg, equating to around 2,390 meals, and they will continue until mid-September. Let’s Grow Preston receives some of its funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, which will cover 75 per cent of its core staff in 2023.Their funding has promoted ‘growing your own’ in the city and staffing in the Waverly park community garden, with the Interpretation Centre at Grange Park set to open soon.Annie said: “But the funding only goes towards staff costs, as we self-fund many of our projects and activities through selling plants and providing training and workshops.
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