Trussell Trust

Tesco to support Wigan children facing hunger during summer holidays

Tesco to support Wigan children facing hunger during summer holidays

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Latest figures show 5,001 emergency food parcels were handed out to people in need across the Trussell Trust's four locations in Wigan in the year to March

Scale of emergency food aid for struggling Wiganers revealed

Foodbank distributing food

Outcry from celebrities as UK foodbank usage doubles

Dozens of celebrities join petition with anti-poverty charities

Figures from the charity show 2,607 emergency food parcels were handed out between April and September across four food banks in Wigan

More food parcels handed out this summer than last

Project director Warren Done, former Leigh MP Jo Platt, and volunteer Paul Blinkhorn at the stall

Foodbank holds stall to promote new campaign focusing on guranteeing essentials

Atherton and Leigh Foodbank is holding a stall outside St John Baptist's Parish Church to provide more information about the Guarantee our Essentials campaign.

Foodbank joins campaign to ensure everyone can access essential items

More food parcels than ever have been distributed

Record number of food parcels handed out in Wigan last year

A worker at the Coventry Foodbank centre in Queens Road Baptist Church collates donated food items into parcels that will be provided to people arriving with a foodbank voucher.

Record number of UK families relying on food donations, charity warns

Food insecurity is when people do not have consistent access to enough food that is varied, culturally appropriate, and can sustain an active and healthy lifestyle.

A third of Wigan residents suffer from food insecurity

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LadBaby teams up with Martin Lewis to remake Band Aid Christmas song

Meet some of the volunteers at Trussell Trust food banks in the UK

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Vital everyday items being prepared to go to someone at a foodbank.

Huge spike in referrals sees more than 900 people seek help from food banks

More than 900 people in Wigan were referred for help from a food bank in a single week, it has been revealed.

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Staff and volunteers at the food bank based at Kingsleigh Methodist Church, Leigh. A rise in the use of food banks has been recorded. From left, Warren Done, Russ Eddison, Rachael Morgan, Pat Sanderson, Alison Hampson and Pat Hornby.

Food bank struggles to keep up with rising demand as cost-of-living crisis bites

Lindsey Stockton (far right, holding framed document) with food bank colleagues

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Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

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The latest figures from the charity show 2,575 parcels were handed out at four foodbanks run by the Trussell Trust in Wigan in the six months to the end of September

Hundreds more food parcels handed out in Wigan as cost-of-living crisis ramps up

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Joseph Holt brewery have donated collections from customers to support the Atherton & Leigh Foodbank.

Brewery donates almost £22,000 to Wigan borough food bank

Three Towns' food collection received by Leigh Baptist Church's food bank

Wigan theatre audience donates vital funds to food bank charity

Figures from the Trussell Trustsuggest food bank use fell below pre-pandemic levels in Wigan last year

Food bank use below pre-pandemic levels in Wigan

In Wigan, 640 parcels were handed to youngsters, compared to 713 last year

Hundreds of emergency food parcels handed out to struggling Wigan people

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St Catherine’s Church foodbank is just one of the sites responsible for handing out food parcels to hungry Wigan children during the lockdown

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Wigan supermarkets hold extra food collections to help charities during pandemic

Supermarket chain Morrisons is launching a food parcel system that makes it easier for customers to donate to local food banks (Photo: Morrisons)

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Trussell Trust handed out 23,960 emergency three-day food packages at food banks in Lancashire last year

Increase in emergency supplies handed out by food banks in Lancashire

Increase in the use of food banks in Wigan

Wigan food banks: Charity reveals worrying increase in demand

Study maps food poverty across England to see where food banks are needed

Four out of five people referred to foodbanks have skipped meals and gone without eating, sometimes for days at a time

Sudden 'income shock' forcing cash-strapped households to turn to foodbanks

Research: Working poor forced to use food banks

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