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Foodbank thanks care home firm

Big-hearted colleagues at a care home provider have raised more than £700 for Ringwood Foodbank through an office raffle.

Staff at Colten House in Ringwood were asked to nominate a charity to support, with the foodbank attracting the most votes. Colten Care’s chief executive, Mark Aitchison, said: “The raffle was the focus of a get-together which we held in lieu of our Christmas party. It featured prizes donated both by us and some of our suppliers.”

Accepting a cheque for £725, chairman of Trustees of Ringwood Foodbank Chris Lee said: “This is a great example of the incredibly generous support we receive from individuals and organisations right across the community. We offer huge thanks to Colten Care.” He said the foodbank was seeing increasing demand because of rising financial need and food poverty. “We were very busy in 2020, even busier last year, and we expect to be doing even more in 2022.”

The foodbank supplies ‘three-day’ parcels of food, toiletries and household cleaning products, plus fuel vouchers for people on prepayment meters. As well as Ringwood, it serves Fordingbridge and the Dorset communities of Verwood and Ferndown. In 2021, the foodbank provided 560 meals a week. People who are helped must be referred by an agency such as a doctors’ surgery, social services, a child’s school, the Citizens Advice Bureau or a local church. For more information about Ringwood Foodbank, visit ringwood.foodbank.org.uk.

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