Episode 7: Inside the Food Bank: Wendy Lenhart on Frontline Food Support

Episode 7: Inside the Food Bank: Wendy Lenhart on Frontline Food SupportWendy Lehnert is the Food Operations Manager at the Shepway Foodbank, which is a core service run by the Folkestone Rainbow Centre. Wendy is responsible for overseeing the planning and delivery of the foodbank’s operations including emergency food distribution, the mobile foodbank/pantry service, community cooking and food support initiatives, volunteer coordination, and partnership work with local organisations to help people facing food poverty in the Folkestone & Hythe district. In this podcast, Junior College Year 11 student Demi interviews Wendy Lenhart about her professional role at the Rainbow Centre and her responsibility for managing the Shepway Foodbank. The conversation explores Wendy’s day-to-day work, the wider role of the foodbank within the local community, and how food support services operate on the frontline of need. They also discuss Folkestone College’s own food collection point and how partnerships like this directly support the work of the foodbank.Useful student links for the Shepway Foodbank:Shepway Foodbank – main service page (Rainbow Centre):Shepway Foodbank | Foodbanks in Kent | Folkestone Rainbow CentreShepway Foodbank – contact & general information page:Shepway Foodbank | Helping Local People in CrisisContact:Folkestone CollegeShorncliffe RoadFolkestone, KentCT20 2TZTelephone:01303 858216Email:[email protected]:https://www.folkestonecollege.ac.uk/If you would like to record or be included in furture Voice Room podcasts please get in touch with the Voice Room Podcast Team by emailing [email protected] and write Voice Room Ideas in the subject box.