Hunger is becoming a reality for one
in ten families who are skipping meals or relying on charity and
hand-outs, a study said yesterday.
In some cases, mothers are putting their health at risk by eating only every other day to make sure their children do not go hungry.
Some nine per cent of people have sometimes skipped meals, gone without to feed their children or relied on friends, family or charity for food in the past 12 months, according to a study backed by Tesco.
Food banks across the country are being swamped with requests for help as families struggle with the longest cost-of-living squeeze in more than 60 years.
Food banks across the country are being swamped with requests for help as families struggle with the longest cost-of-living squeeze in more than 60 years.
Some have been forced to ration the
donations they give to hungry families – an image somewhat at odds with
Britain’s rank as the fifth richest nation in the world.
Tesco, which takes about £1 of every
£3 spent on groceries in the UK, is launching the biggest ever food
collection appeal in the UK in partnership with the Trussell Trust,
which runs food banks, and FareShare, which provides food and meals to
those in need.
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