‘It doesn’t require you to be qualified and you don’t need to be an expert’

This is our second episode of Season 1 ‘For the 1’ podcast!

There is a trigger warning for this episode, as there is talk about suicide.

In this episode Mel talks with Denise Bentley Founder of First Love Foundation. Denise talks about why she decided to set up a foodbank in Tower Hamlets and the journey of First Love Foundation from set up in 2010 to where they are now. Denise explains how the COVID crisis has changed the way that they run their service and her hopes for the future.

You can find out more about First Love Foundation at https://www.firstlovefoundation.org.uk

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Music written and performed by Josie Beth

Editing – Elsa Arnold

Art work – FREEDOM 2 Ambassadors