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Christmas dinners for the Community
Riverside Community Big Local were kept busy over the Christmas period in the planning and execution of our Christmas dinners for the Community!
The idea was put forward by Renae Leybourn, one of our board members, and it wasn’t long before The Fleet in Purfleet had offered to cook the 50 meals for former rough sleepers, those who are vulnerable and isolated and those who had no access to a hot meal.
But these weren’t any dinners, these are Christmas Dinners, to be delivered chilled on Christmas Eve ready to be reheated on Christmas Day. Even the bags were a gift-donated by Ghurka Kitchen in Grays and each bag included the meal with all the trimmings, a Christmas hat and a special treat-a mini Christmas Cake-made and supplied by South Essex College.
The pictures show us happy elves preparing the bags and getting ready to deliver them on Christmas Eve.
A special Thank you to all at the Fleet-Dermot, Alison and Holly.