Prior to the first lockdown in 2020, Wendy Baverstock had no experience in collecting and distributing food. Like many people across the country, she delivered food parcels during the pandemic, but she has never stopped doing it.
The Henbury and Brentry Community Centre manager once thought that when the restrictions were lifted she would no longer have to continue with food collections and could go back to just managing the centre. She said that the “food is needed even more now” and the food supports the community cafe as well as saves tonnes of food that would have otherwise gone to landfill.
In two years, Wendy has distributed what amounts to almost 200,000 meals and made around 250,000 kilograms of savings in carbon emissions. She was selected by Bake Off 2021 winner, Giuseppe Dell’Anno for the recent BBC Radio Bristol’s Making a difference award in the environment category.
