Residents benefited from lawyers’ Mitzvah Day collection

Local residents from across North London benefited from a collection carried out by OGR Stock Denton to mark Mitzvah Day.

Last month the firm delivered a range of urgently needed food items, including tinned foods, and non-food items, such as washing powder, to the Collindale Foodbank, which will be used to help people in need.

The foodbank was set up by a group of local churches, working in collaboration with the Trussell Trust charity and aims to provide a lifeline to people referred to them by agencies across the local area.

Mitzvah Day is a day of social action led by members of the Jewish faith, which brings together thousands of people of all faiths and none to make a difference to their local communities. It is the largest multi-faith day of social action in the UK, with 40,000 volunteers contributing more than 150,000 hours of their time in 2016.

Richard Denton, OGR Stock Denton’s Managing Partner, said: “Mitzvah Day is a wonderful opportunity to bring together people from a diverse range of backgrounds to make a difference for an equally diverse range of people locally.

“I am delighted that we have been able to play a part here at OGR Stock Denton and help make a real difference to some of the most vulnerable members of our local community.”