Daniel Fessahaye
Hilldrop Community Centre launched a food bank amid the pandemic.
- Credit: Hilldrop Community Centre
A community centre in Islington has handed out 1,000 food parcels to help those in need amid the pandemic, and held a Christmas appeal.
Hilldrop Community Centre, based in Hilldrop Road, gave out Christmas Parcels on Tuesday to disadvantaged families and individuals in Islington.
Throughout November to early December, the centre has been receiving donations from Islington residents, which included items such as woolly hats, tins of biscuits and chocolates.
Their parcels also consisted of toys for children from the East London Business Alliance (ELBA) annual toy appeal.
Digging deep: Berrymede pupils Cordell Amponsah and Julia Kanaan, 10, with Rachel Pepper, ARTification Director YOUNGSTERS are joining forces with the older generation for a ‘re-greening’ and public art project in Acton. Urban Oasis will feature food-growing, harvesting and cooking, arts and crafts and the development of two new murals. It is aimed at strengthening community bonds in Acton, where a lot of regeneration work is underway. It began with children from West Acton Primary School and Berrymede Junior School planting 800 saplings during National Tree Week. The project is being delivered by the Acton-based charity, ARTification, with £30,000 funding from City Bridge Trust, the City of London Corporation’s charity.