(l-r) Joanne Swift and Steve Leonard of Saints Community Development Foundation, and Teresa Mercer, St Helens Borough Council’s Community and Business Health Promotions Officer. VETERANS across St Helens will soon receive complimentary food hampers in a partnership project between the council and veterans’ community groups. The hampers containing various food items, face masks, meal plans, shopping lists and recipe ideas, as well as signposting for physical health and mental wellbeing support have been funded by the council and will be distributed by the Saints Community Development Foundation and other local veterans’ groups in time for Easter. The project was developed by Teresa Mercer, St Helens Borough Council’s Community and Business Health Promotions Officer, who has a strong connection to the Armed Forces community through her veteran father and growing up with serving members.
Vetrans of the Foundation HQ launches in St Helens ARMED forces veterans are to benefit from an uplift in support thanks to the Saints Community Development Foundation. The Veterans of The Foundation HQ has been launched, allowing current provision to be increased for existing members and new ones. Benefits include access to specialist support, social opportunities and storage facilities. Steve Leonard, Saints Community Development Foundation director, said: The provision and opening of the Veterans of the Foundation HQ is a massive step forward for the foundation. I promised the expansion to the veterans and now we are in a position to deliver.