Council extends foodbank support
Published Tuesday, 19th December 2017Hartlepool Borough Council is to donate a further £9,000 to the town’s foodbank as a contribution towards running costs during the winter months.
It comes as Councillors on the Finance & Policy
Committee have agreed to allocate a proportion of the remaining funds from
their Child and Family Poverty Reserve.
The £9,000 donation is in addition to the recent annual
contribution of £8,000 from the Local Welfare Support Fund.
The Council’s ongoing commitment to Hartlepool Foodbank
is reflected by the financial support provided since its inception in 2012, a
figure which now stands at £73,700.
Members of Hartlepool Borough Council’s Finance &
Policy Committee have also agreed to allocate the remaining £9,500 from the
Child and Family Poverty Reserve towards an extension of the successful
‘Filling the Holiday Gap’ scheme.
This will enable organisations that were supported to run
healthy food projects throughout the summer to run similar schemes to support
their most disadvantaged families over the Christmas holiday period.
Councillor Christopher Akers-Belcher, Chair of Hartlepool
Borough Council’s Finance & Policy Committee, said: “We are aware that
there are high levels of deprivation in parts of our town so I am delighted we
are able to support Hartlepool Foodbank in this way, particularly in the run up
to Christmas.
“I’m also pleased that we are able to extend our
successful ‘Filling the Holiday Gap’ scheme which saw thousands of meals being
served to children during the course of the six-week summer holiday.
“Making this funding available shows how Hartlepool Borough Council is determined to stand up for the town’s most hard-pressed families despite the huge financial pressure it is under following years of Government budget cuts.”

Councillor Christopher Akers-Belcher
Clive Hall, Chairman of Hartlepool Foodbank, said: “We
are very grateful for the ongoing support we receive from Hartlepool Borough
Council.
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