With the support of customers and colleagues at Asda Waterlooville, community champion Jacqui Benham is helping to gather as much as possible to keep supplies up for Waterlooville Food Bank. Volunteer Deborah Dark gave Jacqui a list of items which were in particular demand so the community could receive the items they needed the most. Deborah said: ‘We can’t thank Asda Waterlooville customers and colleagues enough – without their assistance we would not be able to support those in need. ‘With their help, we are able to serve more than 70 people per week in the local area, providing them with food and essential items. ‘These times are hard for us all, but it’s important we support those who are vulnerable, now more than ever, and we thank Asda for helping us do that.’ Asda is supporting food banks throughout the country by donating £5m to its charity partners FareShare and the Trussell Trust to help the country’s most vulnerable people through Covid-19. Community champion Jacqui said: ‘We are so pleased to be able to help provide food and essentials to people in the community. ‘Given the current situation, the food banks have been running low on certain essential items, we have been able to donate these which will be distributed to those who are struggling in our local area. I’d like to say a big thank you to our customers and colleagues for their generous donations.’ A message from the Editor Thank you for reading this story on portsmouth.co.uk. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you. With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our advertisers - and consequently the revenue we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you taking out a digital subscription. Subscribe to portsmouth.co.uk and enjoy unlimited access to local news and information online and on our app. With a digital subscription, you can read more than 5 articles, see fewer ads, enjoy faster load times, and get access to exclusive newsletters and content. Visit our Subscription page now to sign up. Our journalism costs money and we rely on advertising, print and digital revenues to help to support them. By supporting us, we are able to support you in providing trusted, fact-checked content for this website.
