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The goods will be distributed by the council's community wellbeing team to people referred to them for support.Chioma Fanawopo, social value and stakeholder manager at VolkerFitzpatrick, said: "I'm proud to share the significant contributions we've made to the Ash community over the past 18 months. "Collectively, these efforts have amounted to a social value contribution of £13m - just over £5m of this went to the local community."VolkerFitzpatrick's team and their partners had also organised Christmas toy drives, provided Christmas trees, made Easter donations and contributed to fundraising for a local scout hut.
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