Metro Bank Colleagues Audit Their Impact by Volunteering With The Felix Project – Again!
Metro Bank Colleagues Audit Their Impact by Volunteering With The Felix Project – Again!
"Volunteering with The Felix Project is an incredibly rewarding experience for our team," says Metro Bank's Head of Internal Audit, Judith Lowe. "It's amazing to see how our collective efforts can help make a tangible difference in the community. This is our second time volunteering this year, and each time we leave inspired by the impact volunteering has on reducing food waste and supporting those in need."- According to The Food Foundation, approximately 4.7 million adults and 2.5 million children experienced food insecurity in 2022, meaning they lacked reliable access to affordable, nutritious food.
- Research by the End Child Poverty Coalition found that nearly 1 in 3 children in the UK lived in poverty in 2022, with many of these children regularly going without sufficient food.
- Age UK estimates that around 1.3 million older people are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, often due to poverty, isolation, and difficulties accessing food.
- Despite these needs, WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) estimates that around 9.5 million tonnes of food were wasted in the UK in 2021, highlighting the disparity between food waste and food security.
- 根据食物基金会的数据，2022年大约有470万成年人和250万儿童经历了食品不安全问题，意味着他们缺乏可靠的获取负担得起和营养的食物的渠道。
- 根据End Child Poverty Coalition的研究，2022年英国有近三分之一的儿童生活在贫困中，其中许多儿童经常没有足够的食物。
- Age UK估计大约有130万年长者营养不良或面临营养不良的风险，这往往是由于贫困、孤立和难以获取食物引起的。
- 尽管存在这些需求，Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)估计2021年英国浪费了约950万吨食物，凸显了食物浪费和食品安全之间的差距。
The UK's community bank, Metro Bank, gives every colleague a Day to Amaze – essentially a paid day off to support a local charity or good cause. For the second time this year, colleagues from Metro Bank's Internal Audit team got hands-on at The Felix Project's Park Royal Depot.
英国的社区银行Metro Bank为每位同事提供了一个令人惊叹的日子-基本上是一天的带薪休假来支持当地的慈善机构或公益事业。今年的第二次，Metro Bank的内部审计团队的同事们在The Felix Project的Park Royal Depot参与了实际工作。
The Felix Project rescues surplus food from the food industry that cannot be sold and would otherwise be discarded. This food is then sorted, packed, and delivered to over 900 frontline community organisations, primary schools, and holiday programmes across the region.
The Felix Project从食品行业中回收无法销售并且本来会被丢弃的过剩食物。然后，这些食物被分类、打包和送到地区的900多个一线社区组织、小学和假日项目中。
During their time at the Park Royal depot, the team engaged in various tasks – from sorting through food donations to ensuring that everything was properly labelled and packed for distribution. But the highlight of the day was joining The Felix Project's delivery rounds, where they got to see firsthand the impact of their efforts. Each stop along the way was a reminder that food is more than just sustenance, it's a lifeline for many.
在他们在Park Royal depot的时间里，团队参与了各种任务-从整理食物捐赠到确保一切都被正确标记和打包以便分发。但这一天的亮点是加入了The Felix Project的派送路线，他们亲眼见证了自己努力的影响。沿途的每一个停车点都是提醒，食物不仅仅是生活的来源，对许多人来说，它是一条救命线。
"Volunteering with The Felix Project is an incredibly rewarding experience for our team," says Metro Bank's Head of Internal Audit, Judith Lowe. "It's amazing to see how our collective efforts can help make a tangible difference in the community. This is our second time volunteering this year, and each time we leave inspired by the impact volunteering has on reducing food waste and supporting those in need."
“通过与The Felix Project的志愿活动，对我们团队来说是一种非常有益的经历，” 银行内部审计负责人Judith Lowe说道。“看到我们共同的努力如何帮助社区产生实质性影响，真是太棒了。这是我们今年第二次自愿参与，每次离开时都深受志愿活动对减少食物浪费和支持有需要的人的影响所感染。”
For more information on how you can get involved with The Felix Project, visit their website at .
要了解如何参与The Felix Project，请访问他们的网站。
