UK food banks fear busiest summer ever is ahead

Volunteers give out rations

New figures released by the Trussell Trust reveal a 20 per cent increase in emergency food parcels for children in the UK last summer, Ekklesia reports today.

The Trust is urging the public to donate food to their local food bank, as new figures show 87,496 food parcels went to children in the UK during the summer holidays in 2018, a 20 per cent increase on the same period in 2017.

Over a third of all emergency food parcels distributed by food banks in the Trussell Trust's UK-wide network go to children, but there is extra financial pressure during the holiday period for families who are entitled to free school meals during term time.

To read on see: www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/28611