This session supported Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre with the receiving, storing and packing of a very large donation from The Felix Project ahead of its Friday food bank, which provides free food parcels and care items for the local community.

It was a satisfying task that combined heavy lifting, careful organisation and practical teamwork to help keep a vital community service well supplied.

The donation included sacks of onions and potatoes, packs of bananas, crates of tomatoes, snacks and a wide variety of pasta including fusilli, spirali, penne, spaghetti and conchiglie. There were also several pasta sauces, including onion and garlic, tomato and mascarpone, and bolognese, alongside canned goods such as beans, chickpeas, lentils and chopped tomatoes.

In addition to the Felix delivery, private donations of toilet rolls, diapers and shampoo were also received and sorted, helping to strengthen the centre’s stock of essential non-food items.