KIND-HEARTED staff at a Highbridge school have delivered food packages to families in need as part of a scheme backed by professional footballer Marcus Rashford.

Stacey Leatherby, careers adviser at The King Alfred School Academy, has been delivering food parcels to families for last few months to help them during lockdown.

Along with fellow staff member Suzanne Lawrence, Stacey collects weekly donations from local supermarkets and takes them to families in the area.

She signed up for the FareShare scheme 18 months ago, a scheme backed in April during lockdown by star Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford.

Stacey said: “I collect weekly donations from both our local Tesco and Asda stores, which I then make into food parcels and deliver to families.

“Obviously, since lockdown, there has been more financial pressures on families and more families in need.

"Luckily, Premier League footballer Marcus Rashford got behind the scheme bringing it into the press allowing more people to get behind it. “

“The local supermarkets have been fantastic with their donations and some weeks I am able to make 5-6 collections of food donations from stores.

“My eldest son, Kai, along with his younger brother Cameron heard about the Marcus Rashford scheme and wanted to get involved, so since lockdown they have been helping me making the food into parcels ready for me to deliver out to families.

“There is nothing more satisfying than seeing how much of an impact these food parcels have on the families.”

Mr Rashford, 22, teamed up with FareShare in April and has helped raised more than £20m to feed vulnerable children.

The footballer made a sizeable donation to the scheme and the interest in the FareShare project soared as a number of supermarkets got involved.

If you know of a local family in need of help email Stacey at sleatherby@tkasa.org.uk. All information will remain completely confidential.