Festive boost for foodbank operator from freemen
Durham Christian Partnership runs 27 independently operated foodbanks across county. While grocery parcels offered to the needy are donated through public generosity, the organisation also needs cash for operational continuity. A £250 donation from Durham City Freemen will boost funds covering overheads for the city’s three centres, in Waddington Street and at Elvet Methodist and Sunderland Road Baptist churches. The partnership’s chief executive officer, Peter MacLellan, said: “Four dozen volunteers receive and sort the foodstuffs handed in by the public which are prepared int...
Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk