A 95-year-old man and a nurse are among the growing numbers of people who have had to turn to foodbanks for support in recent weeks amid a cost of living crisis.
As UK inflation reached a 40-year high, North East foodbanks told of the heartbreaking hardship staff and volunteers witness every day as people struggle to feed their families and heat their homes.
One community support group said they recently had to launch an emergency fundraiser to help a woman as there was no money left in their support fund. While Hebburn Helps Community Foodbank said that on Monday they had already handed out food parcels to 17 local households before lunchtime.
