Nearly three million emergency food parcels have been handed out at food banks in the year to March, with the number provided for children topping a million for the first time. The record figures represent a 37% increase compared to the previous year.
Nearly three million emergency food parcels have been handed out at food banks in the year to March, with the number provided for children topping a million for the first time.represent a 37% increase compared to the previous year.
The Trussell Trust said the problem is ‘not a regionalised issue’, with an increase of at least 28% in each area of the UK– with the highest being in the north east of England, which has seen a 54% rise in the number of parcels being distributed compared to the previous year. The charity said it is the case now that the level of need across the network is ‘far outstripping the donations that we’ve been receiving’, meaning food banks are having to purchase more food themselves and source more warehouse space to store it.
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