At this year’s Inside Housing Development Awards, we were delighted to have raised over £2,000 for The Trussell Trust. However, there is still so much more to do.

Your support for this charity has never been more vital! Between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, food banks in the Trussell Trust’s UK wide network distributed over 2.1 million emergency food parcels to people in crisis. This is an increase of 14% compared to the same period in 2019/20. 832,000 of these parcels went to children. Compared to this time five years ago, need for food banks in their network has increased by 81%.

Ocean Media Group donated £1000 to start the ball rolling, and we are keeping the donation link open so please do continue to donate whatever you can. The cost-of-living crisis is a very frightening reality for many people right now and we will be doing work for charitable causes wherever we can.

Thank you to everyone who has already donated and helped make a difference for such an important cause.

Sarah Payling, group event director