We are delighted to have been able to provide support to ensure Arfon Foodbank is kept stocked up with vital supplies of food, toiletries and cleaning products for up to 500 people a month in Caernarfon during the coronavirus crisis.
We have provided £2,000 to supply essential items such as UHT milk, pasta, sugar, tinned meat and tinned vegetables, in addition to toiletries that the foodbank is providing to those in need throughout the coronavirus outbreak.
The foodbank provides up to three days of nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to people who are referred to them in a crisis.
Kendal Morris, our General Manager (Customer Service & Social Delivery), said: “Arfon Foodbank provides a vital service that’s needed now more than ever, so we’re proud to be able to offer our support with these funds. These are uncertain times for everyone and the foodbank ensures that people in the local community have access to nutritional meals when they need them most.”
Arfon foodbank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by the Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.
Arwel Jones at Arfon Foodbank, said: “We don’t believe anyone in our community should have to go hungry. We’re there as a lifeline when people need help and with the current situation, we’re doing more than ever. I can’t thank SP Energy Networks enough for the kind support, which will allow us to make sure we’re there for people throughout the coronavirus crisis.”
As well as offering charitable support, teams of our engineers are working hard across the UK to ensure our 3.5 million households maintain their electricity supply throughout the coronavirus crisis.
Plans being implemented by our teams introduce special measures to protect supply for critical national infrastructure and public service sites such as hospitals, nursing homes, food supply chain businesses and Ministry of Defence sites.
As a critical operational business, we have already established social distancing measures and rolled out additional processes for critical frontline operational staff and control centre teams who cannot undertake their key roles from home to ensure they can maintain operations in the event of a localised outbreak of coronavirus.
Customers who have received a letter from the NHS advising them that they are ‘at risk’ and should take additional measures to protect themselves from COVID-19 are being advised to sign up for the Priority Services Register. This provides free additional services to customers in vulnerable circumstances if there is an unexpected power cut. They should sign up at spenergynetworks.co.uk or text PSR to 61999.
In the event of a power cut, customers should call the national 105 hotline no matter who they pay their bill to. More information about how we are responding to COVID-19 is available via the link below.