The Trussell Trust has published a report that finds Food bank Use has grown by 81% under the Pandemic.
'As Covid-19 hit the UK, the Trussell Trust saw an immediate and sustained surge in need across its food banks. In April there was an 89% increase in the number of emergency food parcels given out compared with the same month in 2019. This included a 107% increase in the number of parcels given to children, compared to the same period last year. The latest data shows that for the second quarter of 2020 need remained much higher than normal. New findings also show that almost 100,000 households received support from a food bank in the Trussell Trust network for the very first time between April and June.'
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