Food banks: Struggling Britons agonising over soaring costs “all the time”
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Food hub manager Susan Jarrett said: “We are now regularly seeing people make that sacrifice not to eat and having to choose between heating and eating.” Demand for their services has been rising exponentially, she added. open image in gallery Susan Jarrett, Project Manager at The Tottenham Food Hub Every Monday night, volunteers gather to pack tinned goods into bags, adding fresh fruit, meat, milk and fish before the hub opens on Tuesday. It’s on their minds all the time, worrying, ‘can I put food on the table tonight?’” open image in gallery Service user Janet Doodnath with Susan Long-standing volunteer, Frances Cateaux, added that it is not just those out of work turning to food banks. “It’s like family here.” open image in gallery The project, which has been running since 2016, relies on food donations from supermarkets, the church, and The Felix Project, the biggest fresh surplus food re-distributor in London.
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