Mr Welford's family said he was a "hard-working and loving father, husband, son and brother".
A charity offering low-cost food and household essentials is seeing daily thefts as people are "desperate", its manager said.St Vincent's Social Enterprise, based in the Barkerend area of Bradford, offers everything from furniture to fresh fruit and vegetables.
As well as its store, it offers a community cafe, garden and a council-funded advice service.Manager Julie-Anne Webb said she did not want anyone "feeling that they have to come in and steal a pair of shoes for their child to go to school", adding: "Come in and ask us and we'll always help."The charity's latest offering is a collaboration with Surplus To Purpose, a Leeds-based enterprise that sells surplus food for low prices.
Ms Webb said: "We noticed the need in the community for food."There's some serious deprivation in the BD3 area."
The Surplus to Purpose shop was opened on Monday 17 March, and by lunchtime had sold out of fresh produce.
St Vincent's also offers a food bank which provides free parcels, but these soon run out every week.The four former sub-postmasters were among the 700 or so people who the company took legal action against between 1999 and 2015.
This happened after the Post Office's faulty computer system Horizon appeared to show money was missing from branch accounts.More than 100 convictions have been overturned, with legal actions and police investigations still taking place.
as the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice.Hundreds of sub-postmasters took legal action against the Post Office in 2017 in a campaign led by Sir Alan Bates, who was knighted in the