Teams donate food to vulnerable people

Staff have been collecting food to donate to vulnerable people over Christmas.

Colleagues at Herrick House and the St Aubyn Centre, both based in Colchester, and the Finance Team and Meadowview ward, both based at Thurrock Community Hospital, have been supporting their local foodbanks.

Herrick House and the St Aubyn Centre have been collecting items for the Colchester Foodbank.

Daisy Moore, Assertive Outreach Support Worker in the Colchester Specialist Mental Health Team, coordinated donations from Herrick House staff.

She said: "I thought this would be a good idea as most of our patients unfortunately rely sometimes heavily on this service and I wanted to pay them back with a thank you."

The Finance Team collected store cupboard essentials and festive treats for the Thurrock Foodbank’s centre at St John the Baptist Church in Tilbury.

Janet Brown, Specialist Services Finance Business Partner, said: “Hopefully we can spread some Christmas happiness to families that need some extra support.”

Staff at Meadowview ward have also been collecting donations for Thurrock Foodbank. The ward collects donations from staff at Thurrock Community Hospital all year round to send to the foodbank.