Parker's Boarding challenge Lands' end to John O'Groats (874 miles)
James Conlon is raising money for The Northern Devon Foodbank
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The challenge the 6th Form boarders at West Buckland School are going to undertake, is to get an exercise bike and cycle Lands' end to John O'Groats (874 miles). The boarders and staff will take on this massive task, starting on Friday 27th until we complete the epic 874miles.
The charity we would love to do it for is the Northern Devon foodbank. We all know food banks have been in the news recently because of Covid. The amount of people using them now has risen sharply over the last year.
In 2019/20 approximately 1.9 million people used a foodbank in the United Kingdom, around 300 thousand more than the previous year.
Along with that, we have investigated it and the stats are shocking and quite upsetting.
Almost a fifth of UK homes with children have been struggling to access food in the past five weeks, the Food Foundation says.
As the outbreak spread, food banks in the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) saw the need for food parcels rocket, reporting an average 59 per cent rise in need from February to March – 17 times higher than this time last year.
Hilary Croft, CEO of The Felix Project, said: “We wanted to have a more direct impact on children as we know of the consequences of children going hungry.
“They lose an hour of learning time a day, they can’t concentrate, it’s just huge lost potential.” This is so powerful when you think about it.
It's never the Children's fault but they will live with the trauma their whole lives and no child should NEVER EVER GO HUNGRY.
So with your help, we want to raise as much money as we can for this great cause in this uncertain time for lots of Families.
Every £1 donated will ensure a school child and their family has the food needed for a nutritious meal.
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