Growing numbers of people are using food banks to feed themselves and their families. But many areas where residents face a high risk of food poverty are under-serviced, The Independent reports.
Two young Birmingham brothers, who and they do not get breakfast before heading to school, are being fed EVERY DAY by their school because of crippling poverty, as well a being handed PE kits, uniforms and shoes.
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Homelessness looks and feels different when you’re a young person. Trying to find somewhere to stay when friends expect you to be at home with your family can be embarrassing as well as frightening.
Walk into a food bank over Christmas or new year and “hope” probably isn’t the word that springs to mind. Sadness, yes. Shame, maybe. Or anger that in rich, so-called “modern” Britain, such a thing needs to exist.
A food bank boss has spoken out poignantly about his heartbreaking Christmas trying to help hundreds of tearful, “broken” people in need. Denis Curran MBE revealed that his charity gave out 400 parcels of bare necessities over the festive season.
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