Foundation work with CATCH to support families in need
Food parcels supplied by Wetherby Marks & Spencers.
The Leeds United Foundation have been working closely with CATCH, a community centre based in Harehills, as part of the Premier League Kicks programme throughout the 2019/20 season to help support young people in the local area.
Some of the families and children that would usually use these facilities and have taken part in sessions with the club’s official charity are now struggling and incredibly vulnerable due to the crisis we are currently facing.
Staff from the club have been working with other volunteers and organisations in the city to help provide CATCH, which stands for Community Action To Create Hope, with packages of food and essentials to ensure they have access to the items that will help them to survive and get by.
The Marks & Spencer store based in Wetherby are one of the organisations that have been providing food parcels and toiletries for communities in Leeds on a daily basis during the coronavirus pandemic to help support those that need extra support.
These packages have been transported with the help of Leeds United Foundation coaches to a number of community hubs, including CATCH, where they have then been further distributed by volunteers into the wider community.
The parcels that have been delivered to CATCH are being given to families who are from Chapeltown, Harehills or Gipton – all families in need of help and assistance, struggling to afford or get access to food and toiletries.
The Foundation would usually hold sessions every couple of days at the community centre, supporting young people by giving them positive activities to take part in such as football sessions and educational workshops as well as offering them someone to talk to. During the COVID-19 outbreak these sessions have been unable to take place so it was important the coaches were be able to help the local families as much as they could in other ways during this time.
If you would like to support the work being done at CATCH, which relies on generous donations and the help of volunteers to continue running and providing a safe space for people in the local area, especially vulnerable young children, then please click here.
