Capita Travel and Events, a UK provider of travel, meetings and event management services, has announced that it has donated to local food banks to support families around the country.
Representatives delivered these donations to different sites across the country. For example, Derby City Mission, a Christian charity who offer services for people in crisis, provide night shelters and free meals, received enough food to feed up to 20 people for five days.
The Stockport, Taunton and York offices made donations to The Trussell Trust, a nationwide food bank network of 1,200 food banks, who provide emergency food to people who have been referred in crisis.
The Stockport office donated 125kg of food, which was enough to feed 130 people, whilst the Taunton office donated 40kg of food, which could feed a family for up to a week.
Additionally, the sites have agreed to create donation boxes on pay day, a secret santa food drop during Christmas, a winter clothes collection for Nightshelter and to decorate the local sites.
Sue Weightman, site manager, Trussel Trust’s Taunton, said: “The site costs around £35k a year to run and receives no government funding, meaning that we rely completely on private donations. With the introduction of Universal Credits, we have seen overnight food bank requirements increased from one or two visits to several weekly visits for many months.
“Last year, we supported 5,000 people and we are currently 8% up this year. As such, we are very grateful for the donation from Capita Travel and Events and glad we can work together on any future initiatives.”
Nicola Harding, operations manager, Taunton, said: “One of our guiding CSR principles as a responsible business is to ensure we address socio-economic issues by investing and engaging in local communities.
“This was a fantastic initiative led by our Operations teams and something we have been proud to support. The small contributions the teams have made will make a significant impact on the lives of those less fortunate.”
Alison Pawlowycz, food coordinator, Derby City Mission, said: “A big thanks to all at Capita Travel and Events for their generous donation. We exist solely on donations to provide food parcels and other food projects in our city to serve the poor and needy.
“Last year we provided over 550 food parcels through our debt and advice clinics to individuals and families in need, to help them from becoming homeless.”
