Parents go hungry
The Feeding Britain report confirms what many of us have known for some time. The huge rise in the usage of food banks demands immediate and urgent action. It’s not scaremongering; the facts are now plain for all to see.
Time and again at Turn2us we hear from parents forced to forego eating properly to feed their children. This report must act as a watershed moment. Food banks should not be seen as a cure for the startling problems the most vulnerable face, but the signal that something must change.
Simon Hopkins, Chief Executive, Turn2us, 200 Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 7NL.
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