£30,000 in community grants and food vouchers paid out in Tendring
The money has come from the government's Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies Fund.
More than £30-thousand in grants have been paid to help feed people in Tendring.
The money has come from the government's Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies Fund.
Tendring District Council distributed the money to give community groups and also spent it on food shopping vouchers.
The grant was split in the following way:
· Tendring Eldercare - £6,000
· Jaywick Resource Centre - £4,000
· Harwich Helps - £4,000
· Community Voluntary Services Tendring - £5,000
· Local food banks - £3,000 (split between Tendring food banks)
· Food shopping vouchers - £8,390
Lynda McWilliams, TDC Cabinet Member for Partnerships, thanked the community groups for their work.
“During lockdown our Tendring Shield helpline called on these groups, and others, to put together emergency food supplies while residents were waiting for government food parcels, or if they could not access online shopping,” Cllr McWilliams said.
“In order to support these groups and maintain our strong partnership with them, it is right this funding goes to them to cover costs already incurred or future support.
“Both our Shield helpline and many community groups are still working hard to support residents in Tendring, including the 8,500 Clinically Extremely Vulnerable people who are being told to stay at home at the moment.”