Big hearted bakers and eager cake fans together helped generate more than £1,000 for Brightlingsea Foodbank at Brightlingsea Free Music Festival.
The festival favourite feature sold cakes and savouries made by generous townsfolk to support the Foodbank’s vital work.
Brightlingsea Foodbank coordinator Win Pomroy said: “We are so grateful to everyone who supported our tea tent – either by baking or by buying. Business was really brisk throughout the two-day event, helping us raise such a terrific amount.”
She added: “We would also like to thank the Brightlingsea businesses who helped us enormously with donations of cakes, ingredients or flowers: No 1 Harbour Square, the Olive Room, River Colne Food Company, Café Chic, Smith’s Butchers and Flo’s Flowers.”
Decorations for the tent were made from donated materials by the Coffee and Craft Group at Mending Matters and festival volunteers made sure the tent was well supplied with power and fresh wate over the two day event.
Brightlingsea Foodbank operates from Brightlingsea Parish Hall in Victoria Place on Wednesday mornings between 10am and 12:30pm. For more information please call Win Pomroy on 01206 303902 or 07970 480968.
*Brightlingsea’s Colne Delta Blues & Americana club handed over a cheque for £1,000 to the music festival chairman, Bob Walsh. “Big thanks to the artists, sound crew and ticket buying audience who have supported us this year,” said the club’s Gary Hill. “We couldn’t have done it without you.”
