Telford food bank facing 'uphill struggle' as donations dwindle and demand soars

Some stark facts produced this weeks tells of the struggles they are facing. The food bank, run by Telford Crisis Support from a unit in Halesfield, provides meals for people who are registered unemployed or need the service for financial reasons.

This year they had already served 93,000 meals up to the start of August – in 2020 they served 90,000 for the whole year. “We thought the Covid years would be the maximum it ever got to in terms of how bad things were, but we were actually doing better two years ago in terms of food on the shelves than we are now.

“We are having to dig in hard to our reserves for food. We used to be in a position where we had a floating stock of the staple foods such as tinned beans and soup but that’s not the case now. Lynn Cooper from Telford Help Ukraine is another person representing a group which is feeling the pinch.

Yet, CllrShaunDavies was rather quiet when nofoodpoverty lost their property last month. They warned that TelfordSupport would not be able to cope…

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