Newcastle United striker Callum Wilson has spoken about how his family relied on foodbanks when he was growing up.
The 31-year-old paid a visit to Gateshead Foodbank last week where helped to pack emergency food parcels that provide a vital lifeline for struggling families across the borough.
It comes as the latest figures from The Trussell Trust show that almost three million food parcels were handed out across the UK between April 2022 to March 2023, with more than a million of these parcels provided for children. This is the most parcels food banks in the charity’s UK-wide network have ever distributed in a single year and represents a 37% increase compared to last year.
