More than 95 children a day were in need of an emergency food parcel over the past year according to figures from the Trussell Trust.
The charity said that its food banks have helped more people in Northern Ireland than ever before last year as the cost of living crisis adds further pressure onto households with around 26,000 families needing to use a food bank for the first time.
From April 2022 to March 2023, the Trussell Trust says that it has provided 81,084 emergency food parcels, a 29% increase on the year before and a 141% increase compared to five years ago.
