{"id":31548,"date":"2021-02-11T14:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=31548"},"modified":"2021-02-11T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:40:09","slug":"beighton-lifestyle-centre-provides-free-meals-for-over-200-children-during-half-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/11\/beighton-lifestyle-centre-provides-free-meals-for-over-200-children-during-half-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Beighton Lifestyle Centre provides free meals for over 200 children during half-term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A community centre in Sheffield is providing free food boxes worth up to \u00a340 for families in need this February half-term.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Beighton Lifestyle Centre has been operating primarily as a pop-up food bank since the first lockdown in March 2020, helping around 60 families a week with food support.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Edmonds, 64, volunteers as the manager of the centre. He said: \u201cThe plan is that there\u2019s enough food in one of these boxes to feed two kids for up to 5 days. There\u2019s around \u00a340 worth of food in each one. A mixture of tins, packets and fresh fruit and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got 220 children receiving food aid from us this holiday and we\u2019re also looking after a hub on Westfield and they\u2019re taking food for up to 150 kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the meals provided have come through the Yorkshire branch of FareShare, a charity which aims to fight hunger and food waste.<\/p>\n<p>The project has also had help from local branches of Morrisons, Asda, Co-Op Food and Argos, as well as donations from local schools and residents.<\/p>\n<p>The centre has given around half a tonne of produce to the Sheffield Inclusion Centre which helps children who have been excluded from school.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Edmonds added: \u201cI would have thought this would have been more of a council thing to do rather than a charity or a volunteer group having to sort it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, from the council, we\u2019ve had very little. They\u2019ve not been great. Our local councillors in the village have provided funds from the ward pot and they\u2019ve been helpful with that. But the council itself has not, despite us having reached out to them for support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many people in need. There are self-employed people whose jobs have just disappeared. There are people on furlough who\u2019ve lost 20% of their wages and that 20% might have been crucial for food to those who are living hand to mouth each week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The food boxes will be ready to collect on Monday 15 February between 10am and 1pm from the Lifestyle Centre in Beighton.<\/p>\n<p>We are awaiting a response from Sheffield City Council regarding Mr Edmonds\u2019 comments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A community centre in Sheffield is providing free food boxes worth up to \u00a340 for families in need this February half-term.\u00a0 The Beighton Lifestyle Centre has been operating primarily as a pop-up food bank since the first lockdown in March 2020, helping around 60 families a week with food support. 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