The Monday morning food bank setup at St Mary’s was briefly at risk due to the late arrival of the delivery van with supplies from the central warehouse in Ealing.

Anna, Martin and JP (visiting from Richmond) were on hand and chatted with the other volunteers as we heard occasional updates on the van’s location and progress.

Eventually a cheer went up as the van arrived and we got to work rapidly unloading a bumper load of fresh and packaged food, including mango pieces, bananas, ready to eat meals and a huge load of coriander.

We quickly packed up the now-empty van with reusable boxes and plastic crates and sent the driver on his way, relieved that the food bank slot would go ahead as usual - and raced off to our next activities.

What a lovely morning! The famous red and yellow of the DHL van pulled up along side the church and - to everyone’s surprise - it was full to the brim with crates and creates of food donations. We almost didn’t have space for everything! At least triple what they usually get, apparently (and they usually receive plenty).

The whole team had their work cut out but this only meant that more families had fresh, healthy and plentiful food for the week. (Plus - our biceps feel that little bit firmer today!)