Spread Christmas magic at West Hampstead Foodbank

Donate £5; we'll match it with another £5 and fill a Christmas Stocking for our West Hampstead families visiting the food hub this year.

Meet the West Hampstead Food Hub team, a group of incredible people dedicating their time to running our local food bank.

The Hub initially started during the pandemic. The idea behind the project was to create a safety net where locals, without immediate help, could access food and essentials. But while carrying out the door-to-door pandemic service, the evident need for this sort of support sparked the idea of something more permanent, and so the West Hampstead Food Hub appeared.

Since then, the West Hampstead Food Hub has opened its doors every week to over 180 local families, and the impact has been something extraordinary to witness.

I've visited the foodbank a few times, most recently last Saturday. I spent the afternoon there and actually got talking to some of the families, and it was incredibly clear just how important it is for our locals to have this level of community support.

"With the price of everything going up, it really has helped me and my family. I can't thank them enough for their support ." - a quote from one of the guests.

Just watching how the volunteers and "guests" (as the team likes to call them) interact, they really are just like a group of friends banding together to help each other.

Anyway, if I carry on, I won't stop. Ultimately, Team Paramount want to really do something special for the foodbank guests this Christmas, which is why we're introducing "The Stocking Stop" foodbank campaign.

Donate £5; we'll match it with another £5 and fill a Christmas Stocking for our West Hampstead families visiting the food hub this year.

We want to make Christmas extra special this year for our community food hub, and where the cost of living crisis has taken, we want to help give back to the families struggling the most.