Nether Stowe School sets up its own food bank

Lichfield’s Nether Stowe School is to set up its own ‘mini food bank’ to help struggling families in the area.

Headteacher Glyn Langston-Jones said the food bank would distribute support packages before Easter at the school, which is part of the respected Arthur Terry Learning Partnership.

“We had a conversation with the leadership team at the school and looked at feedback from our pastoral team who had contact with families, and we were able to identify a number of issues with students coming back to school,” he said.

“What we found was that some of our more vulnerable families had really been affected by lockdown and needed that little bit of extra support.

“So, we have launched our own mini food bank with generous donations from parents and businesses”

The food bank will be based on the school premises in St Chads Road, and will distribute food to more vulnerable families, as well as providing items of uniform where needed. 

Mr Langston-Jones said: “These are families who have struggled through this second period of lockdown, and we have had a great response after appealing to the school community to donate items.

“We have been collecting the goods over the last couple of weeks.  Our sixth form pupils will also be helping to organise them into packages and parcels that we can then hand out, and then we will distribute them in the final week before Easter.”

“I think this amazing response illustrates how the broader school community has really come together over the last year.  As a relatively small secondary school, our place in the community is really important to us and we are proud to support each other through the challenges of the pandemic.”

The foodbank will be open for community access from 3.30pm on Wednesday 31st March. 

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The foodbank has already received great support from the school community.