Out and about last couple of days spending time with brilliant teams of local @TrussellTrust volunteers in @Tesco stores for the annual winter collection for Trussell & @FareShareUK.
Thank you to all the brilliant volunteers and all who are donating so generously #EveryCanHelps
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Rory_Palmer/status/1599026218585972736
It’s inspiring to see the unstinting efforts of local food bank volunteers and the generosity and kindness of shoppers donating but we should never see the situation where so many people need food banks as acceptable.
We can end the need for food banks.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Rory_Palmer/status/1599026222637678593
@Tesco kindly add 20% in cash to all donations during this collection - if you can donate via a Tesco store this weekend, please do.
This winter the collection feels incredibly important, with demand increasing at food banks as more and more people face hardship.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Rory_Palmer/status/1599026225107718144
▪️And in the first half of this year, food banks have had to purchase more than twice the amount of food than the same period last year. Every donation makes a real difference.
This situation is not inevitable.
We can end the need for food banks.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Rory_Palmer/status/1599026230330019841
Donations to food banks will make a real difference:
▪️Over the last six months 320,000 people have turned to a food bank for the first time.
▪️This winter, in response to the cost of living emergency, food banks expect to distribute 7000 emergency food parcels every day.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Rory_Palmer/status/1599026227700195329