In the last week I have been contacted by several people who are interested in volunteering to help support those in their local area. This is fantastic and shows the real community spirit we have in Leicester.

Leicester City Council are working in partnership with Voluntary Action Leicestershire and food banks to organise a unified response.

Some examples of how you could help are:

• Reaching out to people in the community and providing information and advice
• Dog walking if people are unable to get out themselves
• Providing a friendly phone call service to help people that may be isolated or lonely
• Picking up shopping for those that can’t do it easily themselves
• Posting mail

If you are interested in volunteering to support your local community you can sign up here.