Work begins for Manchester foodbank preparing to feed 1,000 this Christmas

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A small Manchester foodbank has begun preparations for its mammoth Christmas appeal, due to roll out a week today. Humans MCR, based in Blackley, is running its Nobody Hungry at Christmas campaign for the fifth year in a row.

This year is set to be the biggest yet, delivering to a staggering 1,022 people over 255 addresses. And today (December 16) the work began to empty the small unit on Rochdale Road of its foodbank stock.

Volunteers - including Trans Pennine Express apprentices and staff members from Benefact Group - hauled heavy crates of pasta, coffee, curry sauce and canned soup to be taken away to Humans' storage unit.

The empty shelves will then be filled with goods for the appeal. READ MORE: Manchester foodbank to feed over 1,000 people this Christmas Founder Lewey Hellwell, who had organised lunch, refreshments and home-made mince pies for the volunteers, was upbeat despite the extensive planning which the project has required - but admitted that it had been recently keeping him up at night. "I couldn't sleep last night - I kept thinking of extra things I have to do, " he laughed. "But these guys have flown through it all today.