Stockport College fundraising for food banks

Staff and students at Stockport College have come together to support their local community by fundraising for local food banks.

Stockport College has joined a national ‘FE Food Bank’ campaign, with Further Education institutions nationwide raising money for community food banks. Many of these organisations are seeing a decline in donations during the coronavirus outbreak, as well as significant increases in demand.

Trafford College Group, which includes Stockport and Trafford Colleges, has set an ambitious fundraising target of £10,000 for the local community. The group was one of the first to join the FE Food Bank campaign.

Lesley Davies OBE, Principal and Chief Executive of Trafford College Group, said:

Like all colleges at the moment, we are doing our very best to support students, staff and our local communities through a challenging period.

“For many families in our area, struggling to buy food can be a regular issue but this has become even harder during the coronavirus pandemic. We are delighted to be part of the FE Foodbank campaign which we hope can play a small but valuable part in helping our community stay stronger together through these times.” 

Pam Smith, Chief Executive of Stockport Council said:

I have been overwhelmed by how organisations have come together to support Stockport’s communities at such a challenging time for all of us. It is great to see that staff and students from Stockport College are fundraising for local foodbanks to support our most vulnerable residents. It is this community spirit which will help us all get through this unprecedented time together.”

To donate to The Trafford College Group’s #FEFoodBank target of raising £10000 for foodbanks across Stockport and Trafford visit their online fundraising page.

Image: Stockport students involved in previous fundraising campaigns, prior to social distancing restrictions.