Kate Curtis

Hi, I'm Kate Curtis. I'm Loveworks Chief Charity Officer.

Hi, I'm Kate Curtis. I'm Loveworks Chief Charity Officer.

These are all coming from the Carrington School in Redhill, so they look like they've done a big collection for us yesterday, and we were very delighted to get a message from them yesterday to say that they were bringing all these donations this morning, and they've turned up with a vanload of food and children, which is excellent.

These are all coming from the Carrington School in Redhill, so they look like they've done a big collection for us yesterday, and we were very delighted to get a message from them yesterday to say that they were bringing all these donations this morning, and they've turned up with a vanload of food and children, which is excellent.

Yeah, we have a list of what we need, essential items for the food bank. So in here we've got jars of pasta sauce, there's tins of fruit, tins of potatoes, cereals, cannelloni beans in here, meat.

Yeah, we have a list of what we need, essential items for the food bank. So in here we've got jars of pasta sauce, there's tins of fruit, tins of potatoes, cereals, cannelloni beans in here, meat.

casseroles there's a tin of beef curry irish stew and corned beef so all of these will be sorted and check they're all in date and then we'll be ready to go on our shelves and be packed to put into food parcels and a lot of this is really useful stuff isn't it i'm just having a look down here we've got biscuits and we've got cereal also we've got some other things as well which aren't food that you take to some toiletries

casseroles there's a tin of beef curry irish stew and corned beef so all of these will be sorted and check they're all in date and then we'll be ready to go on our shelves and be packed to put into food parcels and a lot of this is really useful stuff isn't it i'm just having a look down here we've got biscuits and we've got cereal also we've got some other things as well which aren't food that you take to some toiletries

Yeah, we don't ask for toiletries. Most of those are donated to us by the Hygiene Bank, which are a national charity. But if people have got toiletries that, again, has to be unopened, then we'll happily take it. That's a big lot of peanut butter here today, which we don't normally get. But that's sometimes a nice change from the jam and marmalade that we usually hand out.

Yeah, we don't ask for toiletries. Most of those are donated to us by the Hygiene Bank, which are a national charity. But if people have got toiletries that, again, has to be unopened, then we'll happily take it. That's a big lot of peanut butter here today, which we don't normally get. But that's sometimes a nice change from the jam and marmalade that we usually hand out.

I mean, if we're buying it ourselves with money that's been donated to us, we tend to go for the budget brands, but it's nice that we get a real mixture.

I mean, if we're buying it ourselves with money that's been donated to us, we tend to go for the budget brands, but it's nice that we get a real mixture.

Really impressive, yeah. I mean, our Carrington School, they're really good contributors. We often get donations from them, but this looks a fantastic one here.

Really impressive, yeah. I mean, our Carrington School, they're really good contributors. We often get donations from them, but this looks a fantastic one here.

we do is get our Saturday team of Duke of Edinburgh volunteers go through and sort everything by date so we know the shorter date stuff so 2024 we need to sort and get out quickly and you'll see we've got some 2028 here and that will be a lower priority and we'll hand that out in due course.

we do is get our Saturday team of Duke of Edinburgh volunteers go through and sort everything by date so we know the shorter date stuff so 2024 we need to sort and get out quickly and you'll see we've got some 2028 here and that will be a lower priority and we'll hand that out in due course.

I mean, we try and think about meals, so it's sort of having some carbohydrate, like potato, pasta, rice, something protein, so that could be a vegetarian dish or it could be chicken curry, chili con carne, beef casseroles, and then vegetables to go with that, so tinned carrots, peas. We also give out some fresh food as well to try and help support that.

I mean, we try and think about meals, so it's sort of having some carbohydrate, like potato, pasta, rice, something protein, so that could be a vegetarian dish or it could be chicken curry, chili con carne, beef casseroles, and then vegetables to go with that, so tinned carrots, peas. We also give out some fresh food as well to try and help support that.

And then there's treats as well, so there's some fresh fruit, there's tinned fruit.

And then there's treats as well, so there's some fresh fruit, there's tinned fruit.