[Jo] We've got a wonderful and diverse faith sector in our borough that we're very, very proud of. And I'm absolutely delighted to invite Ghulam and Raj to talk about some of the work that they did in their community to support their community in tackling food insecurity, all driven by their faith and belief in helping people in need. So I'm going to hand over to you both and look forward to hearing about it! You're just on mute there so if you just unmute. That's it. Perfect. [Raj] Thank you very much. Here we are. I'm Raj, Christian Minister, working with the United Stockport Methodist Circuit. We're living in Heatons with the Heaton Moor United Church and Hidden Mersey Methodist Church. [Ghulam] I am Ghulam from South Manchester Muslim Community Association in Heaton Chapel. We set it up about seven years ago and we are working on interfaith in all the Heatons and building up a very good community relationship. Because of the Covid, we have gone down, but now we're coming back. [Raj] So, in terms of faith and food, on our first slide, you see frog to be the symbol of Stockport. That's really where we come from. Because frog is that amphibious nature. It can live both in water and on land. So here we are as faith communities. Although we are within the church and a mosque reflecting on our faith, we really want to be alive in the community, trying to say how best we can show our faith in practice. So food and hunger and poverty is one context that we have recognised in our situation and try to address it from our own faith perspectives. So you can tell about the food bank, we open our food banks, on the next slide, in 2018. [Ghulam] And at that time, we were serving from the premises two days a week, and we had diverse people come into our centre and it was amazing, their needs how desperate they were for food. And we were helping them all the way. And since the Covid started, we started leaving food to their houses once a week. So we take their addresses and phone numbers, and we go and deliver to their houses, which is another very good service we're providing to the community and at the same time we are keeping in touch with the wider community. And we have set up a very nice system where once a year, we call everybody in our place and we eat and chat and spend good time together. [Raj] On the next slide, I went from our church's perspective when we recognised holiday hunger to be an issue within our borough. So we were working initially with a charity called Fresh, who were reaching out to children in Stockport. But we also then said, as churches, can we collect food for children - children-friendly food? And then we went to our local schools, opened up a school pantry and then shared the food, and it was amazing to see how families came to pick school because there is an issue of stigma that is associated for people to come and collect food. But because of lockdown and the pandemic, several people losing their jobs, we could see how holiday hunger is very real right on our own doorstep. So that's how, as faith communities, we have reached out to a local community. And then we also, during the lockdown, have had a programme called Space at the Table serving hot meals for our dementia friends every Wednesday, which again was a huge thing that they were really looking forward to as they missed the support system. So again, through food, we reached out to local communities. So it has been quite challenging for us. On the next slide, if you see both Ghulam and myself this morning discussed that if there are some things that we can share, it is about the ten commandments of food that we both strongly believe. And the first one is about giving thanks to the food we eat. [Ghulam] Second, eat food grown as close as possible to where you live as someone mentioned. Strive for all people to have knowledge about and access to affordable nutrition. [Raj] And it is about eating mindfully and in moderation, do not waste food. Be grateful to those who grow and prepare food for your table. Support fair wages for farm workers, farmers and food workers. Reduce the environmental damage of land, water and air from food production and food system. Protect the biodiversity, seeds, soils, ecosystems and the cultures of food producers. [Ghulam] And rejoice and share the sacred gift of food with all, with everyone. [Raj] So that's how as faith communities we have been thinking, and on the last slide, on the 16th of November, we are having our Friends of Stockport Interfaith gathering at the Church of Later Day Saints at Bramhall, where we are trying to engage and see how best we as Stockport Interfaith can come together and work for the transformation of our community and society today. Thank you.