Peasedown St John’s Party in the Park Festival Committee has donated £200 to the Somer Valley Foodbank to help buy emergency food.

The festival organisers, despite having to cancel the highly anticipated summer event this year, made a commitment to still support the community through its annual grant scheme.

 Party in the Park Chairman, Nathan Hartley, said: “The Somer Valley Foodbank needs more support than ever before! The charity sector is really struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic and organisations like Foodbanks have faced and upturn in demand for their services.

Foodbanks provide three days of emergency food to people who need it the most. Professionals such as health visitors, social workers and the CAB identify people in crisis and issue them with a Foodbank voucher.

The voucher can be taken to a Foodbank distribution centre where a friendly team of volunteers will offer a cup of tea and help people with their food needs.

With more than 70 volunteers collecting and transporting food, helping in distribution centres, and providing support to those who visit, the Somer Valley Foodbank is one of the biggest volunteer-led projects in Bath and North East Somerset.

Of the 2,000 people who receive help each year, they are referred to the Foodbank for a variety of reasons, such as being on a low income, benefit delays, benefit changes, debt, ill health, and unemployment etc.

For more information about the Somer Valley Foodbank visit www.somervalley.foodbank.org.uk, email [email protected] or call 07729523986