By community reporter
Baskets full of apples are being given away to people in the Armley area.
Over the next two weeks volunteers at the Leeds City Mission Compassion Centre in Mistress Lane are giving away hundreds of freshly-picked apples.
The City Mission has been fortunate to be the destination for quantities of apples by horticultural supporters of the charity.
Hand-picked on an almost daily basis – the apples will be made available to anyone who cares to visit the Leeds City Mission Compassion Centre in Mistress Lane. The centre is next to Westerly Rise flats and also across the road from Armley Library.
City Mission Development Worker Andy Dalton said that the apples can be eaten as fruit or used to make pies, crumbles, sauce, jams and salads. He said: “The City Mission is benefitting from a bumper crop of apples in this harvest season and they will help people struggling with budgets and life.”
He went to say that the provision of food at the City Mission’s foodbank is proving to be a lifeline for many local people.
The morale of staff and volunteers has received a real boost from the generosity of supporters.
Anyone is welcome to call at the Centre between 10am to 3pm Monday to Fridays (not Wednesdays) and take a quantity from the ‘Apple Table’ on display. Visitors are encouraged to bring a small bag with them.
Leeds City Mission is one of the oldest charities in Leeds being in continuous existence since 1837. It is a multi-church Christian agency which organises a number of projects from its premises in Mistress Lane helping people at the margins of life.
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