The chair of a Bulwell food bank says that a teacher recently used the service after having not eaten anything for three days. There have been warnings for months that the rising cost of household bills, particularly energy, will force more and more people to use food banks.
Many Nottinghamshire councils have even said that they are now making progress on developing 'heat banks', where public buildings are opened up in the day for people to get warm. Following the recent announcement by Prime Minister Liz Truss of an energy bill freeze for two years, people attending a community café in Bulwell feared that it wouldn't help them through this winter.
The service is run at the Crabtree Farm Community Centre, where a food bank is also situated. Maria Shakespeare MBE, the chair of the Crabtree Farm Community Centre, also expressed her view that the energy bill freeze would not be enough.
