One of the reasons why Emsworth won this prestigious national award was the way that the event reached out to many parts of the community, which included the wonderful support of the Beacon Food Bank.
“Working with the Southern Co-operative underlines the real community spirit in Emsworth and this initiative shows a true legacy from the all the effort that was put into the success that was the Emsworth British Food Fortnight†Alistair Gibson, Emsworth Business Association. 'The Southern Co-operative are pleased to be supporting the monthly food collections at our store in Emsworth as part of our ongoing commitment to addressing the issues close to our communities' hearts. Since we started working with the food bank in Portsmouth in 2011, we have grown our support as local need arises, and now work with 14 food banks across our trading area including the IOW, Chichester and Bognor.' Jessica Hughes, The Southern Cooperative
"We are so pleased that the Southern Cooperative and the Emsworth Business Association has chosen to support Beacon Food Bank each month as regular donations are what we rely on to keep stocks up throughout the year. Emsworth has such a community spirit and people really showed Emsworth has a heart when they supported us earlier in the autumn with their harvest donations, so we see this as a great legacy of our involvement with the Emsworth Food Fortnight and the Emsworth Business Association."