🗣 'But then there’s also an awful lot of people saying: “I shouldn’t be here”. Desperate, embarrassed families have been left in tears as they are forced to use food banks for the first time ever.
The number of people relying on Stockport Food Bank for help has doubled this month The average annual shop is set to rise by £533 if people buy the same products they did last year, according to estimates from personal finance research firm NimbleFins.
Out of 169 providers, 70% said they are worried they will not have enough food this winter and will have to turn people away.Many people using food banks this month are doing so for the first time ever Food banks are generally used to taking this trend into consideration but they have been hit with a ‘double whammy’ this year.
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