HEREFORD Food Bank that works to stop hunger in the city has been given a cheque for Christmas.

The charity offers nutritionally balanced food and support to families and individuals referred to their service.

The McCarthy Stone Foundation has donated £500 to Hereford Foodbank to support its work in the local community this Christmas.

Jacquie, manager at Hereford Foodbank, said: "There are so many families in the area who are in desperate need of help through the provision of food and other items, as well as older people who are isolated and struggle to access food.

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"This is only set to increase as we head into the Christmas season, typically our busiest time of the year. The donation from the McCarthy Stone foundation is an enormous help towards our efforts to ensure that nobody in Hereford goes hungry over this festive period."

The McCarthy Stone Foundation supports grassroots, volunteer led charitable causes that promote the health and wellbeing of older people.

It is the independent, registered charity of the UK's leading developer and manager of retirement communities, McCarthy Stone, whose William Grange Retirement Living development, based in Friars Street.

Graeme Marsh, from the McCarthy Stone Foundation, said: "Community is what drives the work of our foundation and is a core value of McCarthy Stone, so we are always keen to support initiatives which bring our colleagues and customers closer to the people in local communities around our developments.

"The dedicated team of volunteers at Nuneaton Foodbank work so hard to support local older people, families and individuals, week after week and we hope that our donation will help to make a difference."