Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Monmouthshire, Catherine Fookes, joined volunteers in Gateway Church, Abergavenny to prepare food parcels for people struggling financially this Christmas.
Labour's parliamentary candidate for Monmouthshire, Catherine Fookes, joined volunteers in Gateway Church, Abergavenny to prepare food parcels for people struggling financially this Christmas.
In the run-up to Christmas, Ms Fookes joined Pastor Christopher Vaz and volunteers at Gateway Church to help pack food hampers for their annual Operation Gateway Relief, which provided hampers for 1714 people this Christmas.
Organised by the Community Pastor, Aaron Foley, and the whole team at the Church, volunteers packed various Christmas hampers made up of uncooked meal kits, gift hampers for those lonely at Christmas and toy bags for children. Gateway Church also provided hampers of fully cooked Christmas meals by their in-house chef.
Speaking about her visit, Ms Fookes said, I commend the work of volunteers and staff at Gateway Church who work tirelessly to provide so many services to the community all year round but particularly at Christmas. I am so pleased to have helped support s