Stars back campaign to end ‘unacceptably high levels of hunger’ in Scotland

The charity Trussell handed out almost 22,000 emergency food parcels to Scots last year (Jonathan Brady/PA) -

Campaigners are urging Scotland’s politicians to tackle “unacceptably high levels of hunger and hardship” – with new figures showing a charity handed out almost 220,000 emergency food parcels last year.

Trussell provided 218,838 handouts of food in 2025 – the equivalent of 600 parcels a day, or one every two-and-a-half minutes.