A Brampton secondary school is set to support a local foodbank after the launch of its latest collection appeal. 

William Howard School will be collecting goods on behalf of Brampton Foodbank in the weeks following the launch of its new charity appeal on Saturday, June 2022.

This collection, which is being overseen by the school's Talkin House, will follow previous appeals such as Eden House's toy collection for Eden Valley Hospice earlier this year.

As part of the collection, William Howard School's Talkin House are appealing for the donation of non-perishable items such as pasta, cereals, and biscuits, as well as toiletries, with a dedicated donation point in the school's main foyer.

A William Howard School spokesperson said: "Brampton Foodbank is the chosen charity that our Talkin House supports. They usually organise collections just before the Christmas holidays and the Summer holidays. 

"Many trolley-fulls have been donated over the past number of years to the Brampton and Carlisle Foodbanks and people have always been so generous with donations.

"With the cost of living crisis, we know that some of our students and their families need the support of the foodbank, so we are very grateful to them for the work they do."

Viv Harvey is a volunteer at Brampton Foodbank and thanked the school for their continued support after the launch of their latest collection. 

She said: "We are absolutely delighted with everything they do for us.

"The last time they did donations for us we had a huge amount of donations come forward which helps so many families and individuals in our community."

Viv also shared more details about the foodbank's partnership with William Howard School and other local schools, as well as the support it gets from the national charity FareShare.

She said: "Every Wednesday we get a delivery from FareShare who are a charity that redistribute food and it is not necessarily food that is near the sell-by date, it is food that has been over-ordered by supermarkets. 

"We get 30 cases every week from FareShare, and William Howard School and Kirby Moor School come in and help us sort all the food out."