Inverness volunteers needed by Tesco to donate food to help charities in efforts to stop hunger this Christmas

Tesco Inverness are on the look out for locals to sign up and join volunteers to collect food for charities which feed people in their local community over the Christmas period.

The collections are run by two charities, The Trussell Trust and FareShare, who provide food to thousands of front-line charities and community groups.

The collection will take place in all of Inverness Tesco sites, between November 18 and 20. Tesco will top up the donation received from the collection with a 20 per-cent cash donation.

The presence of volunteers at the collection has a big impact on the amount of food donated and Lindsay Boswell, chief executive at FareShare encouraged people to get involved, warning charities would be under extra pressure this winter.

“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,” he said.

The drive was also run over summer, and was very successful.

To volunteer, you can sign up via FareShare or the Trussell Trust.

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