HC-One’s support office team has donated 100 cakes to Kings Church Foodbank in Darlington to mark Cake4Kindness Day (21 November).

Cake4Kindness Day encourages people to support local charities by baking and decorating cakes and donating cakes to local charities, homeless shelters and soup kitchens.

Mark Meacham, HC-One’s head of catering and housekeeping support services, said: “It is very important to us at HC-One, the Kind Care Company, to support good causes such as Cake4Kindness whose aim it is to help those less fortunate and support charities. I am delighted that HC-One’s support office colleagues took part in the initiative and donated cakes to their local foodbank for those who have fallen on hard times. 

“The Cake4Kindness initiative and cause exemplifies HC-One’s ethos of kindness, as we aim to be the first-choice care home for residents and colleagues in each of the communities we serve.”

Caroline Todd, manager at Kings Church’s Foodbank, said: “We feel really blessed that HC-One contacted us and informed us of Cake4Kindness. We run a tea/coffee section where clients can get a hot drink, so having a donation of cupcakes was very fitting.

“The cupcakes were an instant hit with the clients, and certainly put a smile on many faces. We would like to thank HC-One for their amazing contribution to the fight against food poverty, and we greatly appreciate the support especially during the run up to Christmas where so many in Darlington are struggling.”

Supplies for the cake donation were provided by EF-Group.