"We were featured on Simon Reeve's program and I made the film the day before my wife's funeral. That's what she would have wanted - we started the foodbank 11 years ago and I can guarantee you she would want me to carry on. She was my wife of 53 ...
With Compassion (formerly Compassion London) has launched a Christmas campaign to serve anyone who needs a meal, from two specially marked food trucks.
The heartless thieves also made away with the staff tip jar.
“For too long this conversation has been delayed. Child food poverty in the UK is not a result of Covid-19. We must act with urgency to stabilise the households of our vulnerable children."
Food bank network IFAN is urging the Government to stop relying on the compassion of volunteers to fill an “ever-growing gap”.
“This report should serve as an urgent wake-up call to the Government."
"It has become increasingly clear that a broader group of households, in addition to the very poorest, are struggling to pay the bills and still put food on the table".
A coalition has urged the Government to do more to help protect people from being ‘swept into destitution’.
A new voluntary organisation, Furloughed Foodies plans to extend their services to homeless shelters and food banks, in addition to NHS staff.