Horncastle Community Larder operates out of the Horncastle Community Centre. Run by volunteers, it serves not only the town, but villages in the rural hinterland.
Through referrals, it provides food parcels to those in food need as a stop gap whilst more
permanent solutions are sought.
And so far in 2020 there are four times as many people needing help than there were in 2019!
Volunteers collect non-perishable food at several points in the town, and further afield such as in Coningsby.
Collection efforts extend to the local school – Queen Elizabeth Grammar School – which provided valuable donations of all types for the difficult Christmas period.
To help make the most of distributed food, Horncastle Community Larder also runs a
recipe page on its web site, with some very simple recipes making use of ingredients found in a typical food parcel. This is educational as well as practical.
The Larder recognises that there is also a need for a range of other products to help people in need – particularly washing powder and washing up liquid: their range of provision is broadening all the time.
If you want to know more about Horncastle Community Larder, contact them via their Facebook site.
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