Rachel Reeves Labour Member of Parliament for Leeds West
The penultimate winners of the West Leeds Hero award for this week are Angela and Philip McConnell, who have been recognised for the work they do with Bramley Care Bears. A few weeks ago, it was calculated that they had supported 416 families with free food – that’s 1200 individuals – since 2 April 2020.
Angela and Philip have held food banks every week during lockdown – at Bramley Community Centre and at Fairfield Community Centre, as well as delivering food parcels on Bramley Elderly Action’s minibus each week.
It’s almost a full time job for them, sourcing and collecting food from local supermarkets, organising the space, finding freezer space around the area and coordinating spatially distanced food distribution using a booking system.