Salisbury City Council to host Big Help Out
Its part of the King's calls to give back
The ‘Salisbury Foodie Network’ (SFN) will come together over the Coronation weekend to put on the ‘Big Help Out’ with the help of the City Council.
It's as the King calls for everyone to give back to their local communities.
The event will be held in the Market Square on Sunday 8th May, between 12pm and 4pm.
Aiming to coordinate a “festival of giving and volunteering”, the Big Help Out is a chance for people of Salisbury to support the organisations that form the network, which include: Bemerton Community Fridge, Your Salisbury Pantry and Salisbury Foodbank.
The day will be centred around donations being given to the network to support the projects.
A member of the SFN said:
"Imagine if we collected just 1 item of food for every resident in the city. This could provide 2500 pantry shops or populate the shelves of the community fridge for months. Or this could provide the basis for over 1700 foodbank family boxes.”
A “shopping list” will be released by the SFN organisations a few weeks ahead of the event, so those wishing to donate know what item are most needed.
One of the Leaders of the Council, Cllr Annie Riddle said:
“This will be a fantastic chance for people across Salisbury to donate food items to those who are struggling during these difficult times. It would be great to see as many people as possible coming down to help these local causes and see what they do as a city through volunteering and positive action.”