Visitors to Gulliver’s Kingdom donate food for 900 meals during Food Bank Weekend
Visitors to the theme park in Matlock Bath were encouraged to donate items of food to help people living in crisis
Chesterfield Foodbank has thanked visitors and staff at Gulliver’s Kingdom after the annual Food Bank Weekend during May brought in a fantastic 380kg of items.
Over one weekend, visitors to the theme park in Matlock Bath were encouraged to donate items of food to help people living in crisis, with a lower entry fee charged over the weekend to encourage more people to get involved.
Jacqueline DeVeaux is from Chesterfield Foodbank, part of The Trussell Trust which has a network of more than 1,300 food bank centres around the UK.
“It was so great to see the donations pouring in,” said Jacqueline. “An incredible 380.3kg was weighed, which equates to around 900 meals for the people who use our foodbanks across Chesterfield.
“That is a huge help to us, so thank you to everyone – all the visiting families who donated, and to the staff at Gulliver’s Kingdom, who were all so helpful and supportive.”
Hannah Marsden, resort manager at Gulliver’s Kingdom, said: “We love hosting Food Bank Weekend and it’s wonderful that many of our visiting families donated so much food. Chesterfield Foodbank does such vital work, providing nutritionally balanced emergency food to people who have been referred to it, while also offering support and advice to help people lift themselves out of poverty.”