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Tesco launches alternative Christmas tree made from food cans in Scarborough's Trafalgar Square

Christmas tree made up of cans of food unveiled to encourage food bank donations

Pupils in families who reported using food banks during the pandemic received lower GCSE grades - almost half a grade per subject on average, a recent report has suggested.

A new approach to feeding Yorkshire's children: Bob Doherty and Philip Hadley

Rising fuel prices, cost of housing and access to services are factors making life especially difficult for people living in the countryside in villages such as Muker, where the only house that is for sale is priced at £695,000.

Rural residents disadvantaged over petrol, heating and housing costs

Bishop Toby Howarth is among those getting involved with the Big Help Out

How Coronation's Big Help Out will boost volunteering efforts

A food bank in Sheffield. Picture by Scott Merrylees.

'Ultra-processed'? Baked beans are an essential when hunger hits - Jayne Dowle

Picture by Jason Chadwick.

Food bank demand an indictment of our society - The Yorkshire Post says

A worker at the Coventry Foodbank centre in Queens Road Baptist Church collates donated food items into parcels that will be provided to people arriving with a foodbank voucher.

Record number of UK families relying on food donations, charity warns

The Trust runs foodbanks across the region including Leeds, York and Hull.

Foodbank handouts for people in poverty in Yorkshire shoot up over a quarter

Beckie Hart has her say.

The Catch 22 forcing workers to turn payments down: Beckie Hart

LadBaby teams up with Martin Lewis to remake Band Aid Christmas song

Meet some of the volunteers at Trussell Trust food banks in the UK

Rishi Sunak

Charities sign open letter to prime minister Rishi Sunak

Lindsey Stockton (far right, holding framed document) with food bank colleagues

National World campaign: A day in the life of a Trussell Trust worker

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

National World launch Trussell Trust winter fundraiser

Food banks have increased in number over the years.

‘Warm banks’ shouldn't become a permanent fixture - Jayne Dowle

British street dance troupe Diversity perform at the Platinum Party at Buckingham Palace. (Pic credit: Hannah McKay / Getty Images)

Where will Diversity perform in Yorkshire for Supernova 2023 tour?

Diversity

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Cadbury’s Secret Santa: How to send free chocolate this Christmas

The Trussell Trust has distributed over 86,500 emergency food parcels were provided to people across Yorkshire and the Humber from April until September this year, a 79 per cent rise on pre-pandemic levels, and an 18 per cent rise since 2021.

Yorkshire's foodbanks in crisis as record numbers of parcels given

New data from Kantar reveals that 50 per cent of consumers plan to spend less on Christmas this year as the cost of living crisis bites.

Half of shoppers plan to spend less this Christmas, says Kantar

Hull city centre

'People will die' in Hull this winter as heating costs rise
More people in Hull will die this winter because of rising energy costs, with a quarter of all the city’s households now in fuel poverty according to council figures.

Dave Singh and Lucky Kaur of Morley, Leeds, have set up a business 'Go Indian Spice' blends designed to help people batch cook on a budget and have been donating some of their products to the local Salvation Army. Picture: James Hardisty.

Why Yorkshire pair behind Go Indian Spice blends are helping the Salvation Army

A meal being prepared at the Ministry of Food in Leeds.

Bad time to withdraw food education programme funds - The Yorkshire Post says

Chef Jamie Oliver takes part in the What An Eton Mess demonstration outside Downing Street, London, calling for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to reconsider his U-turn on the Government's anti-obesity strategy.

Council cuts funding for cookery skills programme after 12 years in Leeds

Leeds-based Asda has launched a national food drive asking customers to donate food and essential toiletries in-store to help people who need to use food banks.

Asda launches initiative to support food banks in the Trussell Trust network

Does Chancellor Rishi Sunak grasp the cost of living crisis? Chancellor Jayne Dowle poses the question.

How to save on food costs by shopping seasonally – Jayne Dowle

Harrogate Food Bank staff and volunteers

Harrogate Food Bank now feeding 10% of town's population - including NHS staff

Children complain of being hungry an average of four times every day – nearly 1,...

John Clark, the former international strongman is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for charity by running 48 marathons in each of England's 48 counties in 48 days. (Credit: Tom Kerrigan)

Former strongman from Yorkshire to run 48 marathons on 48 days for charity

Food collected at Asda's Pudsey store in Leeds.

Asda calls on customers base to help feed the hungry in their communities

This "incredibly moving" video about a mother’s struggle to put food on the tabl...

Morrisons Community Champions are working with local food banks to help ensure their shelves are restocked

Morrisons pledges further £5m to keep food banks stocked up
Morrisons will set aside a further £5m of food supplies to help keep the nation's food banks stocked up this year.

Asda said it wanted to recognise the commitment of hard-working volunteers

Asda delivers festive hampers to charity volunteers

8 worthy causes in the UK you can donate to this Christmas

Cadbury’s Secret Santa returns - here’s how to secretly send chocolate to a love...

Asda is donating 1 million meals to help vulnerable people over Christmas

Trussell Trust delivered 23,000 food parcels to households with children across Yorkshire & the Humber between April and September. Picture: Getty

More than 1,000 children in region classed as 'hidden homeless' during lockdown

Tom Lawton

Yorkshire ICU doctor runs 22 miles to hospital wearing mask to prove 'misinforma...

Supermarket chain Morrisons is launching a food parcel system that makes it easier for customers to donate to local food banks (Photo: Morrisons)

Morrisons has launched a new food parcel system so customers can easily donate t...

UK food banks are recording their busiest ever period (Getty Images)

Here's what your local food bank needs as Trussell Trust reports busiest ever pe...

People who never used a food bank before are turning to them for emergency support

This is how much food bank use has risen, as charities call for emergency funds

Donation trolleys in Asda.

Asda customers in Yorkshire donate thousands of kilogrammes of food to hungry fa...

Red Cross volunteer Elizabeth Bell has been dropping off packages of food for those who need them

The Red Cross and Bradford food bank have delivered 14,000 meals in three weeks

This is how you can help homeless people during the coronavirus crisis

The financial inclusion event attracted a wide range of business leaders Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Making financial education compulsory in our schools is best way of fighting pov...

Paul Maslin is a trustee of Leeds North and West food bank, which collects money in Leeds train station on the last Friday of the month

‘I don’t know what I’d do’ - Desperate families say food banks are a lifeline in...

Food poverty is set to get worse during school sumer holidays.

Please show compassion to Yorkshire school children who will suffer ‘holiday hun...

Reducing food waste in 2018 is Jayne Dowle's New Year resolution. What is yours?

Jayne Dowle: We need a war on waste to combat food bank queues

Many children face going hungry over the long six-week break from school. (JPress).

Jayne Dowle: Shame on this nation over our children's hunger

Research commissioned by the Trussell Trust showed that half of people using foodbanks said their incomes were "unsteady" from week to week.

People turning to foodbanks as living costs rise

Karen Burgon (centre) with fellow volunteers.

Food bank use soars as families face 'crisis', study reveals

Stocks of food at the Trussell Trust Brent Foodbank in London.

One in five parents '˜will go hungry to feed their children this summer'

New fuelbank means its no longer a choice between '˜heating and eating'

South and East Leeds Foodbank Parkside Lane, Leeds.
Picture by Simon Hulme

Yorkshire foodbank numbers hit record high as '˜crisis-hit' turn for help

Photo: David Jones/PA Wire

Six fold increase in people using foodbanks in Yorkshire over past two years

Edward McMillan-Scott: Food banks are a symptom of system failure

Fuel poverty sees some rural residents choose between heating and eating

Poverty is increasingly blighting region’s rural communities

Adrian Curtis: Emergency service that hungry mouths can bank on

Food bank set up at school to help feed families

Ofsted should go to bottom of the class