turned up early and watered the plants, didn't do a full watering just the top of them, took about 30 minutes, both walked there

AJ assisted local community organisers to pick up food and drink items for distribution. Everything went very smoothly and the task was completed as scheduled.

This session started a little different than usual, with a briefing highlighting the issues caused by the Cyclospora outbreak and how it impacts on the foodbank.

Turned out there is a list of items to look out for and take out of circulation!

Beyond that, business as usual.

Things were a little fraught when we first started at Frenford Foodbank today. We were two people down on the task owner side, one was the boss and the other was the one who sorts the admin.Ed and Addie sorted out the set up with the efficiency which befits their experience. For the most part the stand-ins had done a good job with the admin but Linda still had a little extra sorting to do. The result was people turning up before the paper work was ready making Linda grumpy-er than usual, sorry people 🙈 Peter continued to wind Linda up and was rewarded with a playful shove - not sorry for that 🤪. Natalie quietly got on with the job taking everything in her stride as always. With the other three Friends of Frenford working with us we finished quickly, had our usual refreshing tea, bickies and natter before making our ways home.

ended up going at lunchtime. a quick water, sadly the last half-empty bag of compost was stolen! And it looks like two older planters completely dried out, wondering if something was poured onto them...:(

BUT apart from that things are looking good on other planters!

Milton greeted Miriam and me and assigned us our tasks in the corridor. We all got stuck in straight away. Milton carefully painted around the edges of the handrails and radiators with a brush, while Miriam diligently applied masking tape to the doors and windows, preparing them for painting. I was handed a roller and got to work applying the final coat of paint along the main corridor. It was good fun and quite therapeutic and we got the task of the corridor painting completed in no time!