Saturday 18 May 2013

One week's worth of food bank news


• Food bank visits in north-east up 470%, Trussell Trust says - http://bbc.in/16ERonG

• New food bank will help needy people in Brigg area - http://bit.ly/14A1vWx

• New food banks set to be rolled out across Glasgow - http://bit.ly/14A1Ngb

• Number using food banks in Wales more than doubles in year - http://bbc.in/14A27LW

• Starving students helped with food bank at Swansea Metropolitan University - http://bit.ly/14A0M7O

• New Larne food bank scheme helps dozens of clients - http://bit.ly/14A2GFx

• New food bank launched in West Cumbria - http://bit.ly/14A2RR9

• Food bank in Wednesbury will close unless donations rise - http://bit.ly/14A35YL

• Demand for North East's Bay Foodbank has tripled - http://bit.ly/14A3lXB

• Benefit changes prompt call for SE17 food bank - http://bit.ly/14A3BFY

• Somerset village to get its own foodbank - http://bit.ly/14A3RVn

• Newton Aycliffe food bank receives vital boost - http://bit.ly/14A47nB

• Hungry wait desperately for Glasgow North West food bank to open - http://bit.ly/14A4n60

• Increased need sees food bank open in Sutton Coldfield - http://bit.ly/14A4BKa

• Welfare cuts push Swindon Foodbank use up - http://bit.ly/14A4Tkn

• Whitstable and Herne Bay Food Bank crisis means charity starts locally - http://bit.ly/14A5e6H

• Plan to open 'needed' foodbank in Windsor emerges in the week town is named 'wealthiest' in the UK - http://bit.ly/14A5Au2

• One ton of food collected for Crosby’s new foodbank - http://bit.ly/14A5RNE

• Food bank to aid Ryedale families in crisis - http://bit.ly/14A6sif

• Calder Valley Food Bank team seek help ahead of launch - http://bit.ly/14A6LcV

• Hertford Foodbank helps 84 people - http://bit.ly/14A6SoL

• New food bank opens in Wickford - http://bit.ly/14A6XsA

• Redhill church expands foodbank after crisis call from Citizens Advice Bureau - http://bit.ly/14A74UW