FASTATHON CHALLENGE
Each year, since the launch of the Luton Foodbank, we have hosted a ‘Fastathon Challenge’ whereby we invite members of our community to skip their lunch and instead contribute the costs of the meal towards the Foodbank.
This year the challenge was different for many more reasons than one. Firstly, everything took place virtually due to Covid-19 and our participants (CEOs and senior leadership teams from Chiltern Learning Trust, Pioneer Learning Trust & Luton Council), decided to take on the challenge of the full days fast alongside their Muslim colleagues. With more than £2,500 raised by all 3 organisations, proceeds from this year’s appeal went directly towards meals for young people in the community as part of the national #NoChildGoesHungry campaign initiated by footballer Marcus Rashford.