Former X-Factor star helps provide more than 360,000 meals amid Covid-19 crisis with donation to Trussell Trust

Singer Liam Payne has helped provide more than 360,000 meals to people struggling as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The One Direction star has donated to the Trussell Trust charity to support more than 100 food bank centres in Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry, Sheffield, Nottingham and Bristol as they continue to provide help to people... Read More

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March 13, 2020

Food banks will continue to provide ‘lifeline of emergency food’ amid ‘unprecedented challenge’ of coronavirus, says Trussell Trust

A major food bank charity has insisted that food banks will continue to provide a “lifeline of emergency food” amid the “unprecedented challenge” of the coronavirus outbreak. The words of reassurance come as some food banks are starting to run out of basics and are rationing out parcels amid stockpiling and a fall in donations.... Read More

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February 27, 2020

Public generosity must be matched by urgent policy changes, says food bank charity

As new figures reveal the level of generosity from the public to food banks in the run up to last Christmas, the biggest network of food banks in the UK is calling on the government to end the five week wait for Universal Credit. New figures released this week show 3,072 tonnes of food were... Read More

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

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November 29, 2019

Food banks braced for busiest December on record

A food bank charity is braced for its busiest December yet as it called on the next government to work towards a scenario where everyone has enough money for basics. The Trussell Trust, which runs a network of food banks across the UK, said new data shows December 2018 was the busiest month for food... Read More

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September 19, 2019

Higher need for food banks the longer Universal Credit exists

The need for food banks increases in areas where Universal Credit has been in operation the longest, new research suggests. The Trussell Trust said its food banks in areas where the benefit has been rolled out for at least a year have seen a 30 per cent increase in demand. Demand jumps to 40 per... Read More

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

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July 12, 2019

“Holiday hunger” is coming soon, warns Catholic MP

A Catholic MP has highlighted the problem of “holiday hunger” and a sharp rise in the number of families using foodbanks during the school holidays. Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields, said: “We’ve got record levels now of in-work poverty. Surveys show it varies between an extra £30-£50 per week for people to feed their... Read More

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

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October 11, 2014

Students’ food bank exposes hidden poverty of Manchester

The country’s only student-led food bank has marked its first birthday by promising to increase its efforts to reach out to struggling and vulnerable members of the community. Manchester students set up the Manchester Central Foodbank in 2013 and since then it has fed over 1,700 people who have been referred to it by around... Read More

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Former X-Factor star helps provide more than 360,000 meals amid Covid-19 crisis with donation to Trussell Trust

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Public generosity must be matched by urgent policy changes, says food bank charity

Food banks braced for busiest December on record

Higher need for food banks the longer Universal Credit exists

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