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A community venue in Weston-Super-Mare is opening its doors to feed children from struggling families as schools close due to coronavirus.
Staff at The Stable, in Wadham Street, have been busy making packed lunches using food that has been donated by a range of local people and businesses wanting to help. Manager Jemma Coles said: “We're worried about children and families who may be struggling, who may not have access to food as they are entitled to free school meals.
"We've been trying to keep the team very small, with three or four people at the moment, so we can keep going as long as possible." Ms Coles said the response from the community has been"amazing" with donations coming from large supermarkets and people dropping off food parcels.While the venue has had a lot if donations, Ms Coles added they were still desperate for more and appealed for non-perishable lunchbox items, cereals and tupperware boxes.
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