Recently, Cromwell donated a variety of food items to Pontefract Community Kitchen in West Yorkshire, helping the volunteers supply the much needed food parcels to local families in need.
Supporting the Local Community
Pontefract Community Kitchen is a volunteer led charity supporting homeless and vulnerable people, as well as individuals and families struggling on low incomes or benefits across Pontefract and the surrounding area, whether it is for food or even just shelter and a place to keep warm.
The kitchen provides weekly hot meals and drinks, alongside food bank support and emergency food parcels. The initiative has been helping its community for many years and gained charitable status in 2019. After operating from various local spaces and cafés, it now has a permanent home at Horsefair House. Today, the kitchen supports around 380 people each week. This scales up to helping over 19,000 individuals and families annually through hot meals, breakfasts, and emergency food parcels, which get collected or even delivered to hundreds of families in their local area.
That takes a considerable amount of food, organisation and, most importantly, volunteer time. After hearing about the Community Kitchen from many staff members who live in Pontefract, we wanted to try find a way we could support this brilliant charity, and give them a helping hand.
Food Bank Collection
The Cromwell team also organised a food bank collection, with staff generously donating food and essential items to help the community kitchen provide much-needed food parcels to people in need.
We hope these donations will make a practical difference to both the people who rely on the services and the volunteers who give their time to support them. The donated food will help replenish supplies for those who need them, while the Glovelee® gloves will provide volunteers with a practical option when preparing, handling and serving food.
It is a simple way for us to support those who spend so much of their time supporting others.
Find Out More
We would like to thank everyone at Pontefract Community Kitchen for the time and effort they give to supporting people within their local community. You can find out more about their work, current activities and ways to support them through the Pontefract Community Kitchen Facebook Group.
For catering teams interested in Glovelee compostable gloves, you can find further information on the Cromwell website or speak to our team about whether they are suitable for your foodservice operation.
Sometimes lending a hand really can start with a glove.