'Mindless' vandals smash up foodbank's community space

Frustrated charity workers discovered a key part of the foodbank and community space they run had been smashed up by vandals. Emmeline’s Pantry, who asked for their location not to be disclosed, had their community polytunnel, used for toddler groups and as a safe area for families, vandalised and broken into on Wednesday night .

“It’s a community space and I want people to be able to use it. But if people come in and damage it, we don’t want that to happen. “They tried the doors, couldn’t open it, and then one of them went and kicked a hole in it. We saw them on camera. They were only in for two and a half minutes, they jumped over the fence, caused the damage and jumped back over the fence.

Now, funds to repair the polytunnel will have to be taken out of the charity’s budget, cash that would have ordinarily gone towards buying more food for the foodbank.

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