Although St Clement’s itself is a registered charity (charity #1134403), each year the festival selects a festival charity which our customers are usually extremely generous in supporting.

We are pleased to confirm that this year, we have selected Chorlton & Didsbury Foodbank. They are a local charity who provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people in crisis from their two bases at St Clement’s daughter church St Barnabas on Hurstville Road, Chorlton and at Christ Church, West Didsbury.

Operating since April 2018, they are part of the nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. Their outlets are all staffed by volunteers who give their time to meet with their clients and distribute the food and supplies. And most importantly, they rely on food donated by the public financial donations from supporters to help with their operational costs.

They operate food donation points at The Cooperative stores on Wilbraham Road and Barlow Moor Road in Chorlton, Burton Road in West Didsbury and Tesco at Parrs Wood. And for the festival weekend, you will also be able to drop off food donations when visiting the festival. For a list of items which you can donate, please see their website : https://chorltondidsbury.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/

At the festival, we will have donation buckets on the front gate and on the tokens return desk. As well as cash donations, you’ll be able to donate any unused value of your drinks tokens by placing your tokens in the buckets. The Festival will make a cash donation to the charity to the value of the unused tokens donated.

For further information or to make a cash donation now, see their website: https://chorltondidsbury.foodbank.org.uk/