Lincoln cafe becomes heart of the community with healthy school meals and food parcels
Meet the people who are going the extra mile for disadvantaged families
The hard-working staff and volunteers at Abbey Access Training, located at the Arboretum Cafe in Lincoln. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The Arboretum Cafe in Lincoln has provided over 2,500 free meals for children during lockdown, and that’s only the beginning.
Abbey Access Training, a charity based at the Arboretum Cafe on Monks Road, started making free school meals for disadvantaged children in Lincoln in January.
Since then, they have made over 400 meals a week, totalling more than 2,500 meals since the scheme began.
North Kesteven sets £5 council tax hike
COVID causing “volatility and uncertainty”
North Kesteven District Council have set their £4.95 annual council tax increase for 2021/22.
The financial plan, which includes a 2.92% increase in council tax, went before the authority’s Executive Board on Thursday.
This means residents in a Band D property would pay £174.60 annually, up from £169.65 the previous year – a £4.95 increase.
The Executive Board papers said: “The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting impacts have had a significant financial impact for the council during 2020/21.”
In the meeting, Russell Stone, Director of Resources said: “These are all issues that we face alongside an increasing reliance on on the local economy, which is creating a large amount of volatility and uncertainty in the council’s finances going forward.”