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Charities praised for Christmas appeal

Charities praised for Christmas appeal

December 23, 2020 - Hundreds of Exeter families facing a bleak Christmas benefited from two initiatives to help them feed their children.

The initiatives won praise from Exeter’s then Lord Mayor, Cllr Peter Holland, who said the ingenuity, determination and rapid response from those involved was “nothing short of miraculous”.

CITY Community Trust, which was the Lord Mayor’s chosen charity, had been supporting families through the Exeter Festive Appeal. In addition to this, it had provided hot meals and free sports activities to young people attending special PL Kicks sessions.

CITY Community Trust handed out 400 food parcels, more than 300 books and over 150 toys to local families.

Jamie Vittles, chief executive of CITY Community Trust, said because so many families were struggling to make ends meet this Christmas, the charity wanted to do all it could to help.

He added that as well as delivering parcels to schools, they held an open session at St James Park where people could drop in and collect food, gifts and books.

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