Saint Marks Community Café in Bristol offers discounted meals to members of the public but never turns anyone away due to lack of funds. The team there has found that with the rising cost of living, an increasing number of families are falling into food poverty.
The Easton café is particularly busy on a Friday when people use the church hall to access East Bristol food bank. Café manager Lesley Wynne always offers a free hot meal to those accessing the food bank, and said last week she met a mother who had been skipping meals so that her children could eat.
The Trussell Trust, the charity that runs East Bristol food bank and numerous food banks across the country, is urging new Prime Minister Liz Truss to address soaring living costs in the emergency budget expected on September 21. It says more people are using food banks in the cost of living crisis.
