Alicia and Violet run the foodbank at Northgate High School
- Credit: Jo Ward and Charlotte Campbell
Heroic Ipswich teenagers have rapidly expanded a school foodbank they set up during the coronavirus crisis, saying: A lot more people are finding it harder to survive. Things were so uncertain and it was not great for anyone who was on the furlough scheme.
Alicia started the foodbank during the first coronavirus lockdown
- Credit: Archant Not everyone was coping and I thought Northgate needed to do something.
After posting on social media to plead for donations and offer support to those in need, the foodbank began by helping a handful of families.
Alicia and Violet run the foodbank at Northgate High School
- Credit: Jo Ward and Charlotte Campbell
Heroic Ipswich teenagers have rapidly expanded a school foodbank they set up during the coronavirus crisis, saying: A lot more people are finding it harder to survive. Things were so uncertain and it was not great for anyone who was on the furlough scheme.
Alicia started the foodbank during the first coronavirus lockdown
- Credit: Archant Not everyone was coping and I thought Northgate needed to do something.
After posting on social media to plead for donations and offer support to those in need, the foodbank began by helping a handful of families.
Arthur is giving up his Ipswich allotment after 50 years
- Credit: Arthur Fuller
A veteran who says the key to health in old age is fresh air and exercise, is finally giving up the beloved allotment he took on to grow his children fresh vegetables.
Arthur Fuller was born in Hemingstone to the north of Ipswich, but bought a house in Sidegate Lane in 1968 just two years before leaving the army.
Arthur was in the army for 22 years before becoming a lorry driver
- Credit: Arthur Fuller
Arthur joined the army a couple of years after the second world war ended
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