Food banks

There was a 75% rise in the number of food parcels provided last year, says one food bank network.

Prospective candidates say they want to support a food bank group at a hustings session on poverty.

Numbers drop to about 65 people a week from about 85 people, says charity Grace Trust Jersey.

Bristol Community Care Package says donations are needed if it is to continue operating.

A report calls on the government to create a food security minister to protect the vulnerable.

The number of people a food bank helps has risen from 900 to 7,000 a year during the Covid pandemic.

Taunton's first pantry scheme will help about 30 households budget their weekly food bills.

Charities that feed people in Bedfordshire reflect on a year that has been a "steep learning curve".

Although unable to go to the EFL Trophy Final, fans bought commemorative tickets in aid of charity.

Twenty-one Bradford food banks gave out three times as much as usual during peak demand in 2020.

Charities and food banks came together to support an area that has been hit hard by food poverty.

Northampton's Gurdwara Sahib is helping more than twice as many people as last year.

Volunteers at a food project in Somerset are serving up more than 5,000 meals in the community.

The high number of coronavirus cases and deaths could have been predicted, a health boss says.

Food bank London's Community Kitchen described the queue as the largest they have seen.