Food bank founder taking shopping trolley on 32km walk to raise cash for service

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A food bank founder will be embarking on a 32km walk with a shopping trolley to raise money for those in need of their services – just a year after suffering a heart attack. Canon Gavin Kibble, who founded Coventry food bank in the West Midlands, will be stopping at all of the city’s 14 food bank centres on May 29 in a bid to raise awareness and funds as demand on their services continues to grow due to the cost-of-living crisis. Since Mr Kibble, 59, founded the food bank 12 years ago, it has helped more than 250,000 people and is currently feeding 800 each week amid soaring food and drink inflation. “They told my wife afterwards that she made exactly the right call because there was every chance I wouldn’t have been around the following day.” Mr Kibble, who has since been following a new diet and fitness regime as part of a Coventry University Research Study Group, added: “I haven’t touched alcohol for a year and changed my diet and do loads of walking and attend gym.