{"id":33691,"date":"2021-03-11T14:43:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=33691"},"modified":"2021-03-11T14:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:43:24","slug":"beighton-community-centre-offers-easter-hampers-for-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/beighton-community-centre-offers-easter-hampers-for-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Beighton Community Centre offers Easter hampers for families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Lifestyle Centre in Beighton are distributing food boxes with Easter eggs to families with school-aged children throughout the Easter holidays.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The centre has been running a food bank since April 2020 and decided to keep the scheme running when they saw the government wasn&#8217;t continuing their free meals scheme.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33696\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33696\" class=\" wp-image-33696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/lifestylecentre-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"Lifestyle Centre, Beighton\" width=\"370\" height=\"239\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lifestyle Centre in Beighton<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Steve Edmonds, 64, trustee manager of Beighton Village Development Trust said: \u201cWe saw a need for emergency food support, so we provided it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The centre is COVID-secure with all visitors and staff following social distancing rules by setting up a marquee in the car park so that families can collect their hampers safely.<\/p>\n<p>It is a solely volunteer-run organisation that receives financial and food donations from the public to support their work.<\/p>\n<p>They also receive supplies from local supermarkets and Fareshare Yorkshire, a community of independent franchised charities fighting hunger, food insecurity issues and food waste.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33699\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33699\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/foodboxes-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"food boxes\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An example of food boxes offered to families<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr Edmonds says an increase in the amount of food being distributed by the centre may be due to a lack of jobs available when parents and carers come off of the government&#8217;s furlough scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Plans are in place for the food bank to continue after lockdown eases and anyone with school-age children in need of a box can send them a private message on Facebook or call 0114 247 8383 during office hours.<\/p>\n<p>The centre are not asking for any referrals, just the home postcode and the number of children living in the home.<\/p>\n<p>Holiday hampers will also be available for collection on Thursday 1st April between 9am and 1pm from the Lifestyle Centre, High Street, Beighton, S20 1HE.<\/p>\n<p>You can donate to the foodbank by contributing to the food bin outside the centre&#8217;s front door or by contacting them through Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lifestyle Centre in Beighton are distributing food boxes with Easter eggs to families with school-aged children throughout the Easter holidays. 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