Grasmere Gingerbread offers donation to Cumbrian food banks

North Lakes Foodbank in Cockermouth will share the bulk of the money with several other foodbank centres in Windermere, Barrow, Allerdale and Copeland.

The £2,500 donation was made after Grasmere Gingerbread nominated a percentage of proceeds from their festive mail order sales.

Jane Robinson, treasurer of the North Lakes Foodbank at Cockermouth, offered a "huge thank you to Grasmere Gingerbread and their customers for supporting us" and explained the money would "directly support local people in need."

Grasmere Gingerbread also donated slices of their iconic product to foodbank volunteers.

Foodbank volunteers (Image: Submitted)

Jane added: "Acknowledging the hard work of our 150 volunteers with packs of Grasmere Gingerbread was very much appreciated at Christmas and they enjoyed it with their cuppas during breaks at our volunteering sessions."

In December, selected Christmas gift boxes bought online by Grasmere Gingerbread customers triggered £1 donations.

A further 50p was earmarked for the charity from each parcel mailed out between the 1st and 23rd of that month.

Joanne Hunter, co-director of Grasmere Gingerbread, said: "Customers who bought items from us over the festive period knew that that their purchases would make a positive difference to the lives of other people.

"I would like to acknowledge our dedicated team who worked very hard to process so many parcels and also our wonderful customers for their support.”

£500 from the Grasmere Gingerbread donation will go directly towards the Trussell Trust's emergency fund appeal.