HARVEST DONATIONS Friday October 15th 2021
Each year your school collects non-perishable, tinned and packet food which is then donated to the Swindon Food Collective (Swindon’s food bank). We then distribute your donated items to those in need; helping individuals and families that are finding it hard to feed themselves because of low wages, family crisis, delayed payments, redundancy, bereavement and/or sickness.

HOWEVER THINGS HAVE CHANGED THIS YEAR. Normally we ask for food as people are going hungry, and with each passing day, more and more are falling into poverty with little chance of escape – which is still true, but, as you can imagine, COVID 19 has hit some families very hard due to isolation, furlough from work, redundancy, increased debt or rent arrears as a result of having a reduced income for over 3 months and although they still need food they also need the expensive toiletries and household cleaning products to help keep them safe and well.

We have been fortunate enough to receive extra donations of food from supermarkets and this is currently meeting the need for food so this year we are asking for household goods and toiletries instead of food to help families protect themselves from infection and harm. It's very important that we all do what we can to reduce the risk of people getting ill with coronavirus so this year we are asking for items which many of our people have limited amounts of
or are unable to afford on a regular basis.
If you are able, please donate something off the list below and send into school for Harvest. If you are able and can also afford to, then please stick a £1 onto item you have donated as this will help raise funds to help cover the cost of running the distribution centres, warehouse and vans which collect and distribute the food.

PLEASE BRING YOUR ITEMS IN ON THE MORNING OF Friday 15th October they will be collected by your Charity Ambassadors at 9am. After the Harvest assembly they will come straight to us to help those in need.
THANK YOU

• Cleaning cloths
• Anti-bacterial wipes
• Laundry pods/power/liquid
• Household cleaners
• Surface cleaners
• Laundry Conditioner
• Wash & Go 2in shampoo/conditioner
• Soap
• Shower gel (male & female)
• Deodorant (male & female)
• Toilet rolls
• Toothpaste & Toothbrushes