It's hard to say how grateful I've been of Hackney Quest​ these last few weeks. Children and families I care about in Homerton have been and are suffering incredible hardships. Hardships such as parents unable to feed their children let alone think about how they can run home-school programmes without access to the necessary resources. The staff and volunteers at Hackney Quest have been incredible, providing emotional support to local children on top of acting as a foodbank to supply homes with food, toiletries and, where possible, laptops so that parents can home educate their children.

At a time when Hackney Quest is needed more than any other it faces a huge challenge to its finances. This weekend was meant to be the Hackney Half-Marathon which is core to its annual fundraising. So they need your help. If you're fortunate to have the finances to do so, please make a donation using the Just Giving link below to help them reach the target of £10k so that they can keep providing the support so many people in Hackney need.