Tag: Food Banks

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20,000 Salford residents given food parcels last year

Amid the cost of living crisis, the usage of Salford’s foodbanks has increased significantly through these difficult times, with over […]

Salford Butcher's at The Meat House Manchester by Alfie Mulligan

Food prices affecting local businesses and food banks in Salford

Donations to Salford food banks have dropped significantly since before Christmas but the demand remains high, say charity workers.

Students successfully fill vans for Salford Foodbank. Photo credit: Gemma Davies

“People are in financial crisis now” – Salford food bank trust says April is too long to wait for benefits rise

The trust running Salford food bank says the 10.1% increase in Universal Credit has not gone far enough to help […]

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Salford Foodbank extends project to Swinton gateway and Broughton Hub with new donation point at MediaCityUK

Salford Foodbank is expanding to operate a distribution centre session at Swinton Gateway and Broughton Hub along with adding additional […]

“There are huge numbers of people going hungry” Salford charity operating through Covid crisis

“There are huge numbers of people going hungry” Salford charity operating through Covid crisis

More people than ever are going hungry in Salford during lockdown, according to a national charity based in the city. Church Action […]

Food banks in Salford “are just the tip of the iceberg”, says charity director

A charity director has warned that going hungry is far from the only problem for people using food banks in Salford. […]

The reality of starving children in Manchester’s food poverty crisis

WITNESSING children relying on food banks, Dr Kingsley Purdam speaks to Quays News about his research of Britain’s food poverty […]