A REPRESENTATIVE of King Charles III met with the faces behind the organisations having a positive impact on a town. 

The High Sheriff of Worcestershire Charles Moyle visited Pershore to visit five organisations including the foodbank and the volunteer centre today (Friday).

The Sheriff found his trip worthwhile stating that the county would be a considerably worse place to live without the volunteers behind these groups.

Mr Moyle said: "It's been fantastic and wonderful. 

"As ever what I have found is groups staffed by volunteers working to improve the lives of those they help. 

"It's commonplace around Worcestershire to see people filling in and they are mostly volunteers. 

"They are making people's lives a little bit better each and every day.

"Without them, Worcestershire would be a considerably poorer place to live. 

"Pershore is possibly more affluent than some areas of the county but has its own unique issues with rural poverty and things like loneliness. 

"There are also 40 villages around here with their own set of difficulties different to people living in Kidderminster or Redditch."

The High Sheriff visited Pershore Volunteer Centre, Pershore Community Cupboard, Pershore Heritage Centre, Pershore Foodbank, and Pershore Wellbeing Hub.

Nicola Ainsworth, project manager at Pershore Foodbank, said: "What we have done is made sure the sheriff takes second place to our clients as we don't want them to feel any discomfort even if we have to usher him out. 

"We try to offer them plenty of confidence because there are some people who only come once or twice and we are a small town.

"We are very fortunate to have such a great space and amazing volunteers as well as a Citizens Advice drop-in. 

"Over the last three years, we have had a steady increase in people coming to us for not only food but also dropping into Citizens Advice who often talk for longer than we are open."