A Newcastle foodbank has handed out thousands more food parcels over the last year as the cost of living crisis hits struggling families.
The West End Foodbank has confirmed that it issued 23,709 parcels in the 12 months to April 2023 – a 39% increase on the previous year. Labour MP Chi Onwurah said the scale of need in the city was “incredibly worrying”.
Nationally, the Trussell Trust charity revealed that a record number of food parcels, nearly three million, have been issued over the last year – more than double the amount distributed five years ago. The West End Foodbank gave out an astonishing 287 tonnes of food from March 31, 2022 to April 1, 2023.
