Widnes primary school donate food to local food bank and spread awareness

Children of St Gerard's Catholic Primary School chose to start their autumn half term off with a good deed by collecting food for the Widnes Food Bank, while their ‘wonderful’ year two class presented an assembly on ‘levels of poverty children in Halton face’.

A sobering statistic from Action for Children states that currently 24.9% of children in Halton live in poverty, amounting to more than 4000 young individuals.

To help the cause, each year group filled bags with tinned soup, cereal, cakes, biscuits and much more, also preparing hampers for families and the food bank too.

The Widnes Food Bank is heavily relied upon by many within the community, with more than 1,700 emergency parcels being delivered to families in need over the year of 2021 to 2022.St Gerard's Catholic Primary & Nursery School donate food supplies to Widnes food bank and raise awareness of the growing rate of child poverty in Halton area. (Image: St Geralds)

Assistant head teacher of the Lugsdale Road School, Edd Naylor, praised all the pupils for their efforts during the collection.

He said: "Once again the community ethos and mission statement of St Gerard's Catholic Primary & Nursery School shines through the eyes of our children.

“As we continue to navigate through testing financial times our community continues to spread love and hope for those in need.

“The children of our school, alongside the generosity of our parents, continue to acknowledge needs beyond their own - we are blessed to serve this community."

To find out more about how you can make a donation to one of the several drop off points for the Widnes Food Bank, visit their website widnesfoodbank.org.uk/The Year 2 class also did a presentation on how Widnes food bank helps families in the current cost of living crisis where child poverty is at an all time high. (Image: St Gerald's Primary School)