Sign up to be Christmas champ

People in Renfrewshire are being urged to sign up and join an army of volunteers needed to collect food for charities feeding people in their community this Christmas.

The Trussell Trust, which provides emergency food parcels to people in crisis, and FareShare, which offers food to thousands of frontline charities and community groups, is seeking volunteers to help during this year’s Tesco Food Collection.

The collection will take place in every Tesco store in Renfrewshire from November 18 to 2, and, with many people facing a particularly difficult winter, the need to collect food for the charities is greater than ever.

Tesco will be topping up the donations made during the collection with a 20 per cent cash donation to help the charities with their work.

The presence of volunteers at the collection has a big impact on the amount of food donated.

Jim Burns, director of operations at Move On, run in partnership with FareShare, said:“With many people still feeling the effects of the pandemic, and with the huge increase in heating bills and living costs coming in the lead up to the cold winter months, we know that there will be many people turning to their local grassroots organisations for support with food this Christmas.

“We would be hugely grateful to anyone who is able to volunteer at the Tesco Food Collection this year to encourage more shoppers to donate much-needed food to FareShare, so we can continue to support those who need it most.”

For more details, visit https:// fareshare.org.uk/foodcollection/