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The Prince and Princess of Wales have made a donation to help replenish stock at a south London food bank which had thousands of pounds worth of goods stolen.
Southwark Foodbank, which is operated by Pecan on Peckham High Street, was targeted by thieves on Sunday who took about £3,000 of food and hygiene products, as well as a laptop.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the food bank thanked the Royal couple and said it had been “overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from across society”.
It added that its food stocks had now been replenished.
Pecan’s chief executive Peter Edwards previously told the BBC the burglary had “had a devastating impact” which hit “the most vulnerable people in our community”.
He said that while the food bank had been left with just enough “to keep serving people in need… it’s important that we continue to fundraise on an urgent scale”.
Reports about the food bank’s plight subsequently led to a surge in donations from members of the public.
Kensington Palace said Prince William and Catherine had also seen the story and wanted to support.
The food bank said the couple had pledged £3,500.
The burglary followed four other break-ins at two London food banks over the past 14 months including at Lewisham Foodbank in south-east London, where a large quantity of cash that would have been spent on food was stolen in July last year.
The Metropolitan Police has said no arrests had been made over Sunday’s burglary.
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