Stevens Avenue Socially Distancing Street Half Marathon
Miria Harris is raising money for Shoreditch Trust
Story
Our street, Stevens Avenue, has decided to stage a socially distanced half marathon. For this our neighbours will join together to safely run laps of our little street in Hackney. In doing this we hope to raise money for The Shoreditch Trust and the wonderful work they are doing with the Hackney Emergency Meal Appeal - Helping Hackney people who are struggling to eat during Covid-19
Covid-19 has affected everyone in Hackney, and across the UK, but people who have the fewest resources are struggling the most.
Many of us are dipping into store cupboards, queuing outside shops or paying to have food delivered, but not everyone can do this. The next month is likely to be the hardest yet for some members of the local community, with dwindling food supplies, friends and relatives in isolation, and a continuing lockdown.
Every week 50 new people contact Shoreditch Trust for urgent help. With 1000 meals a week needed, can you make sure all of them can receive a hot meal?
How you can help
Your support, which can be as little as the cost of one meal, can protect members of our community from hunger.
£4.50 provides a two-course meal, fresh fruit and loaf of bread
£22.50 provides a week of meals, fresh fruit and loaf of bread
£90 feeds a family in quarantine for a week
How your support changes lives: Ninas story
Nina* and her baby live in a room in a hostel in Hackney. Nina is a busy participant in local life, attending mum & baby groups and community activities. But with an inquisitive little one who is beginning to walk and a single communal entrance to the hostel, Nina and her baby have barely left their small room since the virus began.
Spending her time in the hostel means Nina must spend what little money she has on the electricity meter, to power the lights, sockets and cooker. Some days she has nothing to eat.
Nina, like many local people, could not stock up before lockdown. She has limited income and no space to store the volume of nappies and food she needed. Nina is not alone.
A Restaurant turned meal hub
With the support of the Hackney community we have transformed the Shoreditch Trust social enterprise training restaurant, WaterHouse, into an emergency meal hub.
Since early April your donations have helped to deliver hundreds of hot meals, with fruit and bread to Hackney people who:
- are seriously ill, recovering from a stroke or usually rely on carers family or friends because they are unable to prepare food themselves.
- cannot safely visit a food bank because of mobility problems, risks to their health or risks to someone they provide care for.
- are without friends and family to drop off shopping.
- are homeless, and living in temporary accommodation with no kitchens, or shared facilities which are unsafe for them to use.
Thank you for your support.