Isle of Wight charity Pan Together, which exists to support and provide a community hub for the residents of Pan Estate in Newport, has received a grant of £500 from the TK Maxx and Homesense Foundation’s Community Fund programme to support its ongoing efforts to provide vital community support services to vulnerable local residents.
The Community Fund, which is part of the TK Maxx and Homesense Foundation, focuses on creating life-changing impacts through long-term partnerships to help make a difference where it matters. The initiative invites associates – employees working for either TK Maxx or Homesense – to apply for a grant on behalf of a local charity that is important to them within the local area.
The grant was applied for by an associate from TK Maxx’s Newport store who recognised the support the charity has provided not only during the coronavirus emergency but in the aftermath of the pandemic and the onset of this extremely tough financial climate.
Rachel Thomson, Pan Together’s Community Centre Manager, said:
“On behalf of all of the residents we’re supporting in these grim and most challenging times, I want to thank everyone at The TK Maxx and Homesense Foundation for such a generous donation which will really make a difference to many people’s lives.
“Having identified the growing need in Autumn 2021, our community and anti-poverty support services are (sadly) increasingly essential to local residents. No-one should face going hungry and struggling to cope in these dreadful economic times is too many people’s daily harsh reality. One mum has told us, ‘I’ve never asked for help before as I find it extremely embarrassing but was getting so desperate I actually thought about stealing food to feed my kids’. Funding like this is vital so we can continue our on-going work to support the most vulnerable and marginalised people in society”.
that picture has sweets, flapjacks, cake and booze in it – hardly the sort of nutritious food you would give to someone that is apparently hungry and unable to feed the kids, despite getting child benefit. That table should be full of tinned soup, beans, fruit, vegetables, rice, bread and long life milk etc.
no doubt there will be some lame excuse as to why the table is full of unhealthy food.
Because they were selling it to raise money to buy the stuff you mention.
But, hey, why let a little thing like facts get in the way of your usual far-right prejudices, eh?
no, the article says they were given £500 from a fund – not a load of unhealthy food.
no where in the article does it mention getting a cake delivery to sell on and more to the point, who are they selling it to, as that place is only frequented by those that normally get freebies from them.
no, I suspect that is the items they bought with the £500 instead of buying healthy food and are about to give it out.
Pan Together has been given a grant of £500 from the TK Maxx Foundation to buy fresh, frozen, dried and tinned food and other household essentials for local families in hardship. As noted in the news release which was issued, “Photo shows: Just some of the goodies donated by TK Maxx to Pan Together at the start of the first lockdown in March 2020, via Harry Walker of St John’s Church, Newport”.
no where in the above article does it mention anything about what the photo depicts – the article refers to
£500 being given and the photo shows a load of unhealthy food. also the article doesn’t mention a requirement to spend the money on healthy food.