Good Shepherd meal donation

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00:00So we're here at the Good Shepherd in Wolverhampton and Vic, I know your face, you did a bit of a

00:05thing last year where you handed out how many bags of goods? Yeah, there was about a thousand

00:09bags we handed out last year, so just proud to be doing it again this year. Just to help people

00:14along, wasn't it? We're struggling a bit. Yeah, absolutely, so we sort of targeted it this year

00:17a bit more, so we found this wonderful charity, Good Shepherd, sort of introduced to them and I

00:22thought they're doing amazing things and it's something I'd like to be a part of. So what's

00:26happening today then? So today we're giving out Good Shepherd are kindly preparing the

00:31meal which we funded, so we have our usual people that attend and then we'll be

00:35handing out some bags, Tesco, can be giving me a discount, so household items, same as

00:39last year, so we'll be handing them out today. Some biscuits for good measure, so yeah

00:44that's what we've got planned for today. Sorry, coffee as well for afters for dessert, so Sassy

00:49coffee, I've kindly volunteered as well to give coffee for afters. So where does the

00:56money come from then Vic? Where you funded it? It's all self-funded, so yeah it's all

00:59something that we, initiative that we like to do and get involved in. Being a Sikh

01:03myself, it's part of the principles and philosophy of Sikhism, so sort of giving

01:09out, helping the local community. Boverhampton born and bred, so I'm always

01:12happy to help out, support my local community. Good man, good man. So we've got here as

01:17well, we've got a couple of people from the Good Shepherd, we've got Jack. Yep. And we've got

01:21Chloe. Chloe. So what's your role here guys? So I'm Chloe, I'm the service manager

01:27over the food service for the Good Shepherd, and this is Jack. I'm Jack, I'm a

01:31volunteer kitchen potter, so I handle cleaning the dishes, utensils and helping

01:36with food prep. Awesome. And Chloe, you really do rely on the generosity of good

01:41people, don't you, to kind of, you know, help what you do here at the Good Shepherd, yeah?

01:44Yeah, absolutely. Our free to access service is, a majority of that is through the generosity

01:52of the public and through donations. Awesome. And Jack, how long have you been involved

01:57helping out? No, on a full year, I started last year, February 17th to the date.

02:02Alright, fair play to you mate. And just over here we've got, we've got Sassy Coffee and Tesco.

02:09So we've got, from Tesco, Heather. Heather Community Champion for the store, Tesco Wolverhampton.

02:14Cool. I'm proud to be sporting the local community and we've got a good course today.

02:18So yeah, you helped previously, didn't you? We helped last year, yes. Helped donate some

02:22bags. Yeah, cool. And we've got Raj from Sassy Coffee.

02:25Yep, founder of Sassy Coffee. Rick and Asha invited me along. We have done some stuff with

02:30the Good Shepherd, historically, but we're very keen to help the local community. We've sent one

02:36of the show vehicles down to get everybody a hot chocolate. I know it's hot today, but

02:39everybody likes a hot chocolate and a coffee. Well, that's it. Yeah, it's not just a trendy

02:42car. It does. It's got the drinks, it's all going on at the back here. Fantastic. So that's

02:47what they'll be having for the PUDs. Well, well done to all involved, guys. I'm sure everyone

02:51down here will be very much appreciative of your hard work. Well done. Thank you. Cheers.

02:56Thank you. So what's going inside the bags then, guys? It's all essential for your treats.

03:03So we've got another common household lotion, so like shower gel, shampoo, salt, toothpaste,

03:09toothbrush. Yeah. We've got some biscuits in for a good measure. So yeah, more useful items.

03:15Great stuff.