The Falmouth Salvation Army Church has set up a new fundraising page with a target of £10,000 to help continue to fund the community outreach programmes.

Click here to make a donation.

Andrew Hammond and Nicola Hammond are the church ministers behind the community work at The Salvation Army in Falmouth

Andrew Hammond told Nub News:

"There are still people who are really hungry, in need in various ways so we have restructured a lot of our programs. To begin with, when social distancing was first brought we changed our community lunch club we had into a community cafe for people who don't have access to cooking facilities and ensured everyone stayed at least two metres apart, that lasted all of two days because we had to change because of developments."

The Salvation Army quickly moved into a hot food takeaway service that they run four days a week with hot food being provided to anybody who doesn't have access to cooking facilities.

Andrew told Nub News that the social distancing rules are fully in place to protect the staff members.

The Salvation Army also runs a Foodbank, which is open 11am to 1pm Tuesday and Friday, for people who have access to their own cooking facilities but are struggling financially, it is there for "emergency support."

Andrew continued:

"We have also been working alongside a lot of the local schools, we want to do all we possibly can to make this difficult experience for children as easy as possible.

"We have had several donations of Easter eggs so we have been able to pass the eggs onto Falmouth School, Falmouth Primary, St Francis School, King Charles School and also the staff there. We had some sweets, we have to be healthy as well so they all got a banana as well.

"We normally have a kids club but we obviously can't run that at the moment but have given them an Easter egg and an Easter activity pack, it is something for them to aside from the school work."

The Salvation Army's primary source of financial income was the Care & Share Shop on Brook St, which has now temporarily closed, in alignment with the Government's COVID-19 instructions.

Despite closing the shop, Andrew is looking to make a positive of this situation, he added:

"One little bit of good news is that some of the linen products that we have in our charity shop we have been able to pass on for them to be made into PPE, small contribution in that way but something that the community is doing for PPE.

"This week we launched a JustGiving page, our charity shop has now been closed for a month and our charity shop is our biggest form of income, we have kept a lot of our projects going but a lot of these things need financing, we need to continue paying employees, need to keep our building open.

"We are seeking a target of £10,000 to support our community fund if anyone would like to make a donation that would be absolutely fantastic."

Click here to find out more about the Falmouth Salvation Army Church And Community Centre.