A Trussell Trust foodbank operating in Derry has said more people are now availing of its services for the first time, due to "a low income crisis".
Karen Mullan, Project Manager at Foyle Foodbank, was speaking as landmark new research found that one in six people face hunger across Northern Ireland, with women, disabled people, carers and parents, among the groups disproportionately at risk.
Hunger in Northern Ireland, published this week by the Trussell Trust, reveals that, in mid-2022, 16% of the population here faced hunger in the last year because they didn’t have enough money.
