Cash will be used to feed local families in crisis.

A Midweek Herald fund-raising event, supported by Green Party councillor Sharon Pavey, has raised a total of �500 to help struggling families.

The cash was collected following a sponsored sleep out, held in Honiton at the end of last month.

Eight people took part in the all-night challenge, which was organised to support The King’s Centre Food Bank and the work of Honiton’s Community Action Team.

Councillor Pavey, joined by Herald editor Belinda Bennett, handed over �225, collected by Herald staff, during a presentation at The King’s Centre. Norman Amey and Teresa Hawkes accepted the cash on behalf of the food bank.

Other cash has already been handed in and Councillor Pavey is making a final push to collect outstanding sponsorship pledges.

Twenty-five families were fed by the food bank in its first five weeks.

The Midweek Herald, owned by Archant, is to seek match funding for the amount raised through the Archant Gold scheme.