Barefoot Mile long walk

The Cordery Clan (Matty, Stacey, Lottie, James and even Bow..) are whipping off their shoes to raise money for The Barefoot and Hungry Campaign on Saturday 12th June by walking a mile barefoot around Flanders Field... whatever the weather!!

Over the past year, the pandemic has brought out the same fantastic community spirit in our area of Newham. Sadly, it’s also shown that some of challenges of 100 years ago still exist – and it’s made them even worse.

Every week we meet children with hungry tummies and inadequate clothing. In the eight years we’ve been running our food bank, we’ve never seen such demand for food. We also recently launched a new service offering families support with their wider poverty challenges, such as top-ups for fuel and clothing and bedding for their children. 

That’s why we’ve launched our Bonny Downs Barefoot Challenge to help families get back on their feet after the pandemic. Can you help us fundraise for our neighbours in need? We know from the past year that when we pull together, amazing things can happen!

On 12 June, a number of us will gather in Flanders Field to walk a mile barefoot in solidarity with our Newham neighbours in need. 

Local hero,Mentesnot Mengesha, is raising the bar and will walk 100 miles barefoot for this appeal, so we also walk in the fight for justice alongside him. 

Bonny Downs Community Association will use the funds we raise from this campaign to meet the costs of running our regular weekly Food Bank and new Family FuelBank. This includes the purchase of food, toiletries and other essentials as well as fuel and utility top-ups and shopping vouchers for clothes, bedding and other urgent household items. In the unlikely event that we raise more money than we need, we will allocate any excess to our other services helping the community recover from the pandemic.