This festive season, HRUC (Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge Colleges) is celebrating the spirit of giving by supporting our local communities. Through the incredible support of our staff, we’ve been able to make a real difference for families in need.
We’re proud to share that, thanks to the generosity of our staff, we’re delivering urgently needed items and an extended Executive Management Team contribution to three local food banks:
· Harrow Foodbank
· Richmond Foodbank
· Yiewsley & West Drayton Foodbank
While our original pledge was to match donations up to a certain limit, we chose to go even further, donating the full capped amount of £500 per site to maximise our support, in partnership with the Trussell Trust.
From hygiene essentials to non-perishables, our campuses came together in a powerful act of collective kindness.
On Wednesday 10th December two of our HRUC governors, Sue Kingman and Sujit Reddy, along with members of our People and Organisation Development, and Marketing, Branding and Communications teams visited the Richmond Foodbank Centre on behalf of Richmond upon Thames College. As well as making food and monetary donations they presented a ceremonial cheque signed by HRUC CEO, Keith Smith, to David Logan, CEO of Richmond Food Bank.
Richmond Foodbank supports the local community in many ways, including providing three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are in crisis. The foodbank supports approximately 6,000 people per year and is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.
In the last two weeks HRUC has also visited Harrow Foodbank and Yiewsley & West Drayton Foodbank to make similar donations and present ceremonial cheques.
Thank you to every employee who contributed and to the incredible donation keepers and volunteers who made it all possible.