{"alias":"blogEntry","byline":"Alanah Reid, Creative Content Producer","standfirst":"","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003E9-year-old Henry\u2019s collected food for \u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022https://onecantrust.org.uk/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOne Can Trust\u003C/a\u003E Food Bank for the past two years, after worrying people would go without food in the pandemic.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHenry set up a \u0027drop off point\u0027 outside his house and asked people to donate when they passed by on their daily walks. He talked about the project with his school, Beavers, and Cubs, and neighbours. He made social media posts to spread the word and encouraged people to become \u0027Street Heroes.\u0027\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe\u2019s appeared on ITV and Sky television, who called him \u2018an inspiration.\u2019 At Christmas, he asked Santa to make sure everyone had food, and he\u2019s designing a badge to sell to help everyone who relies on One Can Trust.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe chatted with Henry to find out more.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/19266/henry-3.jpeg","width":1499,"height":1723,"altText":"A Beaver in uniform with badges and a necker is holding his hand in the Scout salute in front of a fence. A sign behind him says \u0027Please Donate Here\u0027 and in front of him are lots of cans and tins of long-life food.","caption":"Henry was over the moon to see so many kind donations from his community","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3\u003EWhy did you choose to help One Can Trust?\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI decided to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. I used to put cans in the food bank baskets at the supermarket, but when lockdown started, I was worried there wouldn\u2019t be many donations and people would go hungry.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EWhat did you do to collect the food?\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI put a box outside my house and asked my village if they could drop food off when they passed by on their daily walks. My box was overflowing with cans! My parents then take the food to the warehouse to be sorted.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen I asked for help on social media, that encouraged others to do the same where they lived. Soon, there were over 100 people doing it. They called us \u2018Street Heroes.\u2019\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/19267/henry_sinclair-7692_mmp.jpg","width":4842,"height":4446,"altText":"Henry\u0027s wearing his Cub uniform and a necker, and is holding a \u0027Congratulations\u0027 certificate. He stands next to Chief Scout Bear Grylls, with both of them smiling at the camera.","caption":"Henry was chosen as one of Chief Scout Bear Grylls\u2019 Unsung Heroes 2022","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3\u003EWhat does it mean to be a Street Hero?\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA Street Hero is someone who collects food at their house and brings it to the warehouse so it can be sorted and given to people who need it.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EDid you ever want to give up and what made you keep going?\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENo, I never wanted to give up. I know how many people it\u2019s helping, and the numbers keep going up, so I know I can\u2019t stop. When I was a Beaver, I made a promise to help others and that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve also loved getting special certificates, and meeting Bear Grylls was amazing. I can\u2019t believe he chose me as one of his \u003Ca href=\u0022/news/2022/september/bear-congratulates-his-unsung-heroes-at-birmingham-awards-day/\u0022 title=\u0022Bear congratulates his Unsung Heroes at Birmingham awards day\u0022\u003EUnsung Heroes\u003C/a\u003E.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/19265/henry-1.jpeg","width":1498,"height":1034,"altText":"Henry\u0027s wearing his Beavers uniform with a necker, holding both his thumbs up and smiling at the camera. He\u0027s standing in front of a car boot which has lots of bags of shopping in.","caption":"Henry after packing lots of food donations into his parents\u2019 car","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3\u003EDid your Scouts group support you and how?\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYes. We\u2019ve had collections and I\u2019ve done a presentation with One Can Trust. I\u2019ve also been awarded badges, which I love to get.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EIs there anything else you\u2019d like to do next?\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI want to keep collecting food donations and making sure no one is hungry. I\u2019d like to help sort food in the warehouse, too. I\u2019d also like to design a badge, so other Scouts can learn about food banks and how to donate to them.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHenry, you\u2019ve been brilliant. Well done for being a true hero and helping those who need it. We can\u2019t wait to see what you get up to next!\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""}]}],"config":null}]},"searchDescription":null,"pageType":null,"location":null,"versionDate":"08 December 2022","reviewDate":null,"furtherReading":[{"caption":"","title":"Unsung Heroes 2022","url":"/news/2022/september/bear-congratulates-his-unsung-heroes-at-birmingham-awards-day/","newWindow":false},{"caption":"","title":"Awards and recognition in Scouts","url":"/volunteers/learning-development-and-awards/awards-and-recognition/","newWindow":false}],"relatedLinks":[{"caption":"","title":"Volunteer with Scouts","url":null,"newWindow":false},{"caption":"","title":"Helping a local food bank with Scouts","url":"/activities/help-a-local-foodbank/","newWindow":false},{"caption":"","title":"Community Impact Staged Activity Badge","url":"/staged-badges/community-impact/","newWindow":false}],"id":48723,"nodeName":"Henry\u0027s generous food donations","title":"Henry\u0027s generous food donations","type":"blogEntry","image":{"url":"/media/19358/henry-4.jpeg?width=800\u0026height=450\u0026v=1d9becd24d32210","caption":"Henry 4","type":"jpeg","size":369759,"width":1489,"height":921,"altText":""},"assets":null,"headerOptions":{"headerTitle":"Henry\u0027s generous food donations","headerSubTitle":null,"headerCta":null,"headerCtaText":null,"headerCtaLink":null,"headerBackgroundColour":null,"showSEOImage":false,"headerBackgroundImage":null,"quickLinks":null},"subHeader":"After worrying people would go hungry during the pandemic, Henry took matters into his own hands.","browserTitle":null,"silktide":"eyJjbXMiOiJVbWJyYWNvIiwiZWRpdG9yVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9kLWNtcy5zY291dHMub3JnLnVrLy91bWJyYWNvIy9jb250ZW50L2NvbnRlbnQvZWRpdC80ODcyMyJ9","canonicalUrl":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/news/2022/december/henrys-generous-food-donations/"}