Schools supporting MRCT
Schools in Harlow and the surrounding area continue to provide the charity with a bumper harvest of food donations each year, which really help us in supporting local people in crisis with emergency food.
Schools are a valuable resource to the charity as they also help us in other ways as well with school musical concerts at Maybury Open Door and by providing volunteers at foodbank supermarket collections.
MRCT has also developed materials for teachers. These address the rise of Foodbank usage in the town.
The secondary school version is currently being used or in the pipeline for 4 schools in Harlow. With alternative curriculum materials for RE, PSHE and Citizenship the materials are highly interactive and provoke in-depth thought about the relationship between the welfare system and foodbank provision. Using stories gathered from nearly 70 users in Harlow they bring our work to life for students in years 8 – 10.