Homes builder’s £1,200 gift to Bourne Foodbank

The Bourne Foodbank has been gifted £1,200 worth of food and funds thanks to the generosity of staff at developer Larkfleet.

A donation box co-ordinated by Hannah Guy, Planning Manager at Larkfleet, raised £700, of which £100 was used to buy items from the food bank’s ‘needed’ list.

In addition, Declan Keiley, a former Director at Larkfleet, pledged to ride 500km between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve last year and raised £500.

He said: “My goal was to raise some money for those struggling to make ends meet at a challenging time of year.

“I managed to complete the ride with two days to spare and am so pleased to be able to raise awareness for such an important charity that supports families and individuals in need.”

David Morris, Land Director at Larkfleet, said: “Thanks to the kind donations from our employees, we were thrilled to raise £1,200 for the Bourne Foodbank.

“We know just how important the food bank is to those in our community and the brilliant work they do.

“We donated to the food bank last year and this year our employees felt it was more important than ever that we do what we can to help.

“Many people have been impacted and pushed into poverty by Covid-19 and the third lockdown will no doubt exacerbate this.

“We hope that both our food and monetary donations will go some way to helping support the most vulnerable in our community.”

Barry Streets, from the Bourne Foodbank, said: “We provide emergency assistance to those in need in Bourne and the surrounding area and are entirely run by volunteers.

“We rely completely on donations from the general public, local schools, local organisations, churches and companies so Larkfleet’s substantial and generous contribution is gratefully received and will help us to provide the food and hygiene and cleaning products needed in our community.”