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19th August 2020 / VOL 17

Dear neighbour,

We are excited to announce a new partnership between Mutual Aid Food Willesden (MAFW), Sufra NW London (Sufra) and the Pakistan Community Centre (PCC). The new project will replace MAFW’s emergency food aid initiative which will deliver its last parcel on 28th August 2020.

From September, a new project will begin with MAFW running a food bank once a week in conjunction with Sufra to provide emergency food aid to local residents from the PCC on one day a week. The MAFW team of volunteers believe that working with Sufra will build more structure and sustainability into what we created during lockdown and enable us to support people in the community long-term.

We are so grateful to all the donors and the volunteers who have been involved in the current project over the last months and would encourage you all to stay in touch. We expect to communicate more details in the near future including specifics about new volunteering opportunities and training courses.

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As ever, thank you for your donations which make providing aid possible. If you would like to make a monthly or single donation, you can do so below. Every little helps!

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Interview with Goods for Good

Goods for Good is a small registered charity founded in 2014 in Borehamwood. They source overstocked goods donated by British industry that might otherwise be sent to landfill or incinerated and deliver them to vulnerable people around the world.

Since the pandemic began, they have been focussing on distributing essential aid to vulnerable, marginalised people in the local community. As experts working in SOS and humanitarian crisis for many years, they are sourcing goods from their industry partners, mobilising the community and their dedicated volunteers to make this happen.

Have you noticed any changes as a result of Covid-19 lockdown?
There has been a dramatic increase for demand with our services. Prior to the pandemic we were supporting majority of international programmes. Since COVID we have adapted our operations and now our local work has upscaled. We deliver essential goods to refugees and asylum seekers, housing associations, the homeless, foodbanks, vulnerable individuals and families and those recovering from addictions.

Can you tell us how you’re involved in providing essential aid?
We are involved by sourcing for delivering aid to Mutual Aid Food Willesden. This aid includes food and hygiene goods as such as soap, nappies, shampoo, cleaning products, toilet roll nappies and sanitary products. This is in large quantities which we receive from other charitable organisations and corporate companies.

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Volunteer to harvest local fruit!

Volunteers wanted to collect free food! Several tons of apples and pears will soon fall on lawns in the Brent area and go to waste. Mapesbury Residents Association and a community project called Kensal to Kilburn Fruit Harvesters rescues this fruit and donates it to foodbanks and community projects.

Save waste, meet people, enjoy nature! Local fruit trees and organisers also welcome. To find out more and get involved please email:

Willesdenharvesters@gmail.com for Willesden
Michael.stuart6@gmail.com for Mapesbury
kensaltokilburnharvesters@gmail.com for Kensal Green, Queens Park, Kilburn

Local Social Enterprise

Local resident Kieu-My has created a social enterprise company, BOM, to inspire people to transition into a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle, and to employ women from underprivileged backgrounds in a nurturing working environment.

Heartfelt thanks

We are always touched to receive messages of thanks from our food & essential aid parcel recipients:

"Thank goodness I had my phone on today, this is like a call from heaven. Thank you so much for helping us."

Help us today

Monetary Donation - if you would like to make a donation, you can do so by clicking the button below.

Donate Now

Food Donation: You can leave food donations in the yellow wheelie bin outside the Pakistan Community Centre, Marley Walk, London NW2 4PU between 9am - 6pm. The centre is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12-6pm and Tuesdays & Thursdays 3-6pm.

Get in touch: Feel free to email or call us.

EMAIL: MutualAidFoodWillesden@gmail.com TEL: 020 8050 2867

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