A NEWPORT community group is planning to deliver hundreds of food parcels to those in need during Ramadan with the help of city takeaways.

Feed Newport CIC, which helps the city's vulnerable to get back on their feet, has now delivered over 300 food parcels across the city with the help of donations and community partnerships.

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Volunteers Jo Plumton, Asiya Bibi and Abigail Purnell

The organisation, which is only able to open its foodbank service during the lockdown period, is now hoping to at least double that number over the next month with the aim of 35 meals per day.

The scheme to deliver takeaway meals during Ramadan is already well under way, with Spicy Kitchen, Chillies Indian Takeaway, Poppadoms, Railway Tandoori, and Kebab Joint already agreeing to cook for Feed Newport on a rota-basis.

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Members of Compass Children's Charity

They will cook 35 meals for one day a week over the next month for anyone in need. The meals will be delivered across the city by volunteers.

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Feed Newport founder Tariq Khan said: "We want to keep raising the bar in the foodbank world, and this is our next step. As well as the guys at the takeaways cooking these meals, much of the produce has been provided by NB Cash and Carry, who have been really supportive."

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Islam Ali at Spicy Kitchen

Tesco Extra in Spytty and Asda in Pill have also joined forces with Feed Newport through the Community Champions scheme in association with FareShare.

The food will be going to Compass Children's Charity and Interchange, among others.

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Mahmud Ali Shah (left) from Chillies Indian Takeaway, and Belal Ahmed from NB Cash and Carry

"It's great that many people want to give to the NHS," said Mr Khan, who works for the NHS himself, "but there are other extremely vulnerable people in this city that we need to be thinking about as well."

Mr Khan added that, considering the organisation was struggling to stay afloat in March, he has been astonished by the amount of help they have received.

"It's been unbelievable," he said. "Who would have believed we'd have been this busy a couple of months ago?"