8 GoodGym Coventry runners volunteered with FareShare to support the UK's largest food collection.

Our task was to hand out shopping lists with a list of suggested donations so that shoppers could pick up a few extra items whilst doing their shopping and then drop it off at the collection point. Once the campaign has ended, Tesco deliver the food to the nearest FareShare Regional Centre, and it can then distributed throughout the year to charities, breakfast clubs and community groups to provide meals for vulnerable people. Tesco also provide a 20% financial top-up to customers’ donations to provide further support to FareShare.

We arrived at Tesco and were warmly welcomed by staff who provided us with festively red tabards (to match the GoodGym red tshirts and the Christmas tree baubles!) and shopping list leaflets. The 3 hour shift was split into three so that everyone had the opportunity to hand out leaflets, chat to shoppers and even start to feel a little festive?

The shoppers were generous, adding items such as tea, soup, pasta and tinned vegetables to the trolley throughout the evening. And when we thought we couldn't fit much more in, a member of staff kindly repacked the trolley for us so there was space for a few more tins :-)