Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey at Heartlands has donated £250 to the Whitburn and District Community Development Trust.
The company made the donation following an appeal from the organisation to help stock the Community Fridge project in the current health emergency.
The Community Fridge offers access for everyone in the community to surplus, nutritious food.
Local people take what they need and simply donate what they can afford. This resourceful local charity has remained open, accessible and well-stocked, and it has developed its service to provide food package deliveries to elderly and vulnerable local residents who are self-isolating.
David Macdonald, a community development worker for Whitburn and District Community Trust, which operates the Community Fridge thanked the company for the donation.
He said: “With the COVID-19 Pandemic impacting on everyday life, we have seen an increase on the number of local people who have both needed and donated to the Community Fridge.
“Taylor Wimpey’s donation of £250 secures over 225kg of food for our Community Fridge Project and we’re very grateful for their support.“
Kirsty McGill, sales and marketing director for Taylor Wimpey East Scotland said: “We have been part of the Whitburn community for many years now through our involvement in the Heartlands development and we welcome this opportunity to be involved in this local community effort.
“Being able to work with groups and charities that surround our developments is important to us - even more so in these unprecedented times - and we are hopeful the local community will also show their support through their own donations of food.”
