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Brendan Hughes

Cost-of-living crisis: Food poverty 'social supermarket' scheme to be expanded by Stormont

A Stormont "social supermarket" scheme aimed at tackling food poverty is being expanded amid the cost-of-living crisis.

In addition to food bank facilities, the initiative provides struggling families with services such as debt advice and skills training.

The Social Supermarket Pilot Programme has been run by the Department for Communities at five sites since October 2017.

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