 This week we’re featuring Waltham Forest food bank, Eat or Heat, one of the Council’s five primary food bank partners who we’re working with to ensure they are stocked and have all of the resources they need to support residents over the winter.
Referrals at Eat or Heat have gone up lately, with the food bank taking on roughly 40 new referrals every week.
If your circumstances allow and you wish to support them, please visit their website to see how you can help.
You can also have a listen to a conversation we had with Gary from Eat or Heat earlier in the year about their tireless work to support vulnerable people.
 Want to choose local but not sure where to start?
Check our WF Connected online directory, which has close to 450 local businesses listed, from high street shops to traders and a whole range of others.
If you’re a local business, don’t forget to add your details and sign up to our Local Business Recovery Summit on 2 December – a chance for discussion on the impact of Covid-19 and to tell the Council about the support you need during and after the pandemic.
We are also running a survey for businesses to determine how we allocate our business recovery package to support the survival and restart of local businesses.
 So far, we've provided a whopping 23,000 free face masks out to our residents and local businesses, making sure Waltham Forest is proactively protecting themselves against coronavirus.
Wearing a face mask is one of the easiest ways to protect yourself and others, and we encourage every resident to do so if they can.
If you are in need of a face mask, then you can order one by calling 020 8496 3000, picking one up at one of our five open libraries, or by ordering online.
 On Sunday 22 November, enforcement officers - working in partnership with the Metropolitan Police - broke up a gathering of approximately 20 individuals gathered inside the Mint Club, 406 Hoe Street, behind a locked and shuttered front entrance.
The gathering was found to be in breach of health protection regulations.
Police officers took the details of those in attendance and issued documentation that confirmed their intention to issue each individual present with a fixed penalty notice of £200.
We are committed to keeping residents healthy and safe.
 We have had over 250 residents sign up to receive our online Stay Safe broadcast, helping us to share key coronavirus information to residents.
It is so important for residents to know how to protect themselves and others correctly, so we'd like to thank every person who has signed up to help us share this information so far. If you're interested in receiving the broadcast, please do sign up on the link below.
Our Stay Safe Champions will be out over the next few weeks in our key shopping areas such as Leyton High Road and Walthamstow Town Square.
Look out for them in their pink hi-vis vests, and make sure you give them a wave.
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