Hearing clinic firm makes donation as Yorkshire food banks face record demand

Last winter, Trussell Trust food banks across the country supported more than 220,000 children with emergency food and 225,000 people who needed to use a food bank for the first time. The charity anticipates these numbers will be even higher this year and is expecting to provide over one million emergency food parcels across its food bank network between December 2023 and February 2024.

Wendy Doyle, operations manager at Leeds South and East Food Ban, said: “Food donation levels have remained stable compared to last year, but for many food banks the increase in people needing emergency support is outstripping donations. The cost of living crisis is driving record numbers of people on the lowest incomes to food banks.”

During the first six months of this financial year, Trussell Trust food banks gave out 112,488 emergency food parcels in Yorkshire and The Humber.