‘National Scandal’: More than 500,000 supported by foodbanks in only six months

‘More than half a million people were supported by foodbanks in only a six month period, according to shocking new statistics from Trussell Trust, as the number of people left dependent on food banks due to Government austerity measures is set to reach a record high in 2016.
The staggering statistics reveal 519,342 three day emergency food supplies were given to people in crisis between April and September 2016, including 188,584 children. This is compared to 506,369 during the same period last year, with benefit delays and changes cited among the main reason vulnerable people turn to foodbanks.
And the true figure could be much higher, because Trussell Trust is just one of many charities, social enterprises, and community-led groups and organisations, who provide food parcels to people in crisis in the UK.’
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