The Mayor of Ryde will be hosting his annual pancake toss event next week, raising awareness of and funds for the local foodbank.
In 2017, Independent Councillor Michael Lilley established the flippin’ fun challenge and since then it has raised over £9,000 for charity.
The 6th instalment of the pancake toss will take place at Pickle & Dill on Union Street, Ryde on Tuesday 1st March at 11:00 – Pancake Day! It will be focusing on raising awareness of how family poverty leads to poor mental and physical health for children.
Cllr Lilley says:
“To me everything starts with a child and if a child is given a good start in life then there is hope for this child, the family, the community and society. However, if a child lives in poverty in the UK in 2022, they are 11 times more likely to fall into care and there future is less hopeful. Every child deserves hope and we have to focus more resources in changing this.
“As an older adult in the community, a granddad, I feel I have a moral and ethical duty to campaign for future generations and eradication of poverty.
“On the Isle of Wight, the IW Food Bank are on the coalface of getting food to families and children who are in crisis. We need to support this but also campaign for a society that does not need this form of charity. It is totally unacceptable that children and families in 2022 Britain have to rely on charity to live, but if it wasn’t for Ryde and IW Food Bank many children would have starved. Please support by donating funds”.
If you wish to challenge the Mayor and help raise funds for the foodbank, head along to Pickle and Dill on Tuesday. The winner of the most flips in 3 minutes will get a Pickle & Dill hamper.
