Nearly 130,000 Emergency Food Parcels Distributed in North East

Nearly 130,000 emergency food parcels distributed in North East

Food bank charity Trussell has called on the Government to take action to reduce poverty in the region

Emergency food parcels in Wales top 170,000 as child hunger rises

Trussell Trust warns of ‘wake-up call’ for government as 60,000 parcels go to children MORE than 170,000 emergency food parcels were distributed across Wales last year by food banks in the Trussell Trust network—equivalent to one every three minutes. The charity says the scale of demand is a damning indictment of a broken welfare system and is calling on both the Welsh and UK governments to act urgently. Of the 171,673 parcels issued between Apr…