The 4 Together Area Action Partnership (AAP) is helping to support its vulnerable residents through the Coronavirus pandemic.
The community support organisation is ensuring people across Ferryhill, Bishop Middleham, West Cornforth and Chilton have access to essentials at this time.
Staff have cleared their office of items such as cleaning products and toilet rolls to put them together with food that has been donated to the AAP.
More than forty cases of milk, as well as yoghurts, fruit, vegetables and fruit juices, alongside a number of other items, have been donated to 4 Together and are now being shared amongst local residents in need.
In addition to food packs, the AAP team has also been busy assisting local groups to create activity packs for children and young people in their area. They include printouts for rainbows, stress balls and packs of pens and notebooks to keep children busy for the duration of their time indoors.
Future packs will also provide fruit and vegetable vouchers to those in need which can be exchanged at the local fruit and vegetable shop in Ferryhill.
While the plans have been put into action by the whole team, 4 Together’s community development officer, Paula Nixon, who thought of the idea, said: “I understand that this is going to be a very challenging time for a lot of families and residents in our area so we wanted to make sure they knew they were supported and weren’t having to go without.
“It’s great to be able to make a difference to the community – and to see so many community groups and foodbanks come together to support us with this.”
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