Category: Pinner Association News

If you have ever wondered how the monies collected by Pinner Association are spent. This is just one of the things we get involved in.

How many people reading this are aware that there are 2000 food banks in the UK and that this year alone they have handed out more than one million food parcels to those in need?  If you have seen the Ken Loach film “I, Daniel Blake” you may have some insight into the problems of the homeless and the hungry.

Sadly, in the London Borough of Harrow, Harrow Foodbank, seeded by the Trussell Trust, is running three centres for the distribution of food.

The Pinner Association, acutely aware of its role within the charitable sector, is about to make a donation of £1000 to Harrow Foodbank.  Donations are sorely needed from community associations and the general public as there are very few if any large corporate donors in the Borough.

The Pinner Association is proud to be of help in this way and hopes that other organisations will be keen to follow its example.

Harrow Foodbank contact details:

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Email Harrow Foodbank

Tel : 0208 416 7344

The Pinner Association Open Meeting / AGM is your chance to come and find out what is happening now in Pinner and to give your views and get your questions answered on any topic of interest or concern to those who live or work in Pinner.   The Open Meeting is free to attend and you do not have to be a member of The Pinner Association to do so – but if you are concerned about the quality of life in Pinner and are not already a  member why not join today –  Membership

Dr Amol Kelshiker, Chair of the Harrow CCG, is to give a short talk to inform us about the NHS “STP” initiative, which will provide medical treatment in locations closer to a patient’s home, rather than use the resources of a large hospital for routine matters, in order to use NHS resources more efficiently and to improve the patient’s experience of care.

Open Forum will be your opportunity to have your voice heard and to ask questions about anything that is concerning you about life in Pinner.

We look forward to welcoming you to our meeting on the 26^th April – see you there!