The One Tin initiative, a new project set up by Croydon Covid-19 Mutual Aid, invites people to donate a single tin of food to their local food bank by putting it in one of their distinctive One Tin yellow bins.

Now two of the big yellow bins have been installed in the south of the borough in support of the Food Hub: in Sanderstead, overseen by Louisa (pictured top with daughter Freya), and in Coulsdon, overseen by Ben (pictured below). They brought us their donations on Saturday (7th November).

Louisa explains how she got involved: “My daughter Freya visited the Food Hub with her Cubs group last November and wanted to volunteer, so when Covid arrived, having a One Tin bin seemed a good opportunity.

“We have promoted our bin to neighbours and more recently to the local community in Sanderstead via Facebook groups, WhatsApp and Nextdoor. we’ve had a fantastic response with our bin filling up four times in 10 days and we have been delighted with everyone’s generosity. We plan to drop to the Food Hub every fortnight.”

Thank you ever so much, Louisa and Freya and Ben.