Working in partnership with the Felix Project charity, Burnt Oak Leisure Centre hosted a fantastic ‘Fresh Food Giveaway’ for local people in Barnet last week.
The Felix Project is a London-based charity that rescues good-quality, surplus food and redistributes it to community centres, foodbanks and holiday schemes.
Although scheduled to begin at noon, once the word got out about the Giveaway, locals began queueing forty minutes early – where, in the end, an array of fresh produce was distributed to 260 families in just over an hour. With food such as potatoes, carrots, apples, pears and fruit juice on offer, children from Burnt Oak Nursery and Zidane Sports School also came along to take supplies home for their relatives.
The team, which was full of volunteers from ‘Better’ leisure centres, The Felix Project and Barnet Council’s Youth Justice Service, all did a fantastic job in handing out the goods and making sure that everyone got their fair share.
Leisure centres in Barnet are run by charitable social enterprise GLL under the ‘Better’ brand, in partnership with the local authority, and GLL looks forward to collaborating with The Felix Project on more Giveaway events.
