January 2014 - 3rd Edition
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JANUARY 3RD EDITION 2014
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GIVING: Bradford Metropolitan Foodbank founder, Lashman Singh, saw more than £100,000 worth of food donated to the cause last year but warns that 2014 may need even more
Foodbank founder warns ‘there’s a great number of people in need’ By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk
As the public begins to feel the pinch from the festive period, a Bradford foodbank is appealing for more donations to help feed the city’s most deprived. In 2004, local resident Lashman Singh set up the Bradford Metropolitan Foodbank and in less than a decade, the charity has already helped feed tens of thousands of households across the city. Relying only on donations, and stock bought by the charity, the group has seen the number of food parcels double year-on-year since 2011, with 2014 predicted to
be the biggest drive to date. After initially launching the Curry Project in Bradford in 1991, which fed people at set locations on a weekly basis, Mr Singh realised that there was still a great number of people suffering because they could not travel to the site.
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Feeling the pinch