One in twenty East Midlands people struggle for food
One in twenty people in the East Midlands skip meals, sacrifice food to feed families or have relied on others to eat in the last year.
Cupboards are bare for food charity
A charity that provides free food parcels to people on very low incomes or benefits, says it struggling to keep up with the demand.
Demand for foodbanks doubles
People using foodbanks to feed their family has doubled in the last year, according to the The Trussell Trust.
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One in twenty East Midlands people struggle for food
One in twenty people in the East Midlands skip meals, sacrifice food to feed families or have relied on others to eat in the last year.
Read the full storyFood charity struggles, full report
by Jane HeskethA charity that provides food parcels for people with little or no money, says its cupboards are regularly stripped bare because of the high demand.
When The Carpenters Arms in Loughborough first started their food bank they were giving out twelve food parcels a week. Now it's over two hundred.
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Cupboards are bare for food charity
by Jane Hesketh
A charity that provides free food parcels to people on very low incomes or benefits, says it struggling to keep up with the demand.
Read the full storyDemand for foodbanks doubles
by Victoria Davies
People using foodbanks to feed their family has doubled in the last year, according to the The Trussell Trust.
Read the full story