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About FEAST<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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FEAST helps local families and individuals on very low incomes by providing a range of fresh food and non-perishable groceries each week. We run two community larders, a hygiene hub (for personal hygiene and household cleaning products) and offer school holiday lunches for families. We are a registered charity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FEAST was started by six local individuals who were concerned to see how many local people on low incomes were falling into food poverty. FEAST began in response to \u2018holiday hunger\u2019. Parents and guardians, whose children would receive free school meals in term time, were finding it hard to feed themselves and their children during the school holidays. Parents and guardians would often \u2018go without\u2019 themselves to feed their children. So, FEAST (which stands for Families Eating And Sharing Together) was born with school holiday lunches and activities for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the FEAST founders and trustee, Lee, tells the story of how she was moved to start FEAST:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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