CYP Now - Trussell Trust hands out record number of food parcels during pandemic

The Trussell Trust has handed almost one million food parcels to children over the course of the pandemic - an increase of more than a third on the previous year, the charity has said.

Trussell Trust handed out 2.5m food parcels over the last year. Picture: Trussell Trust

Overall, since the first Covid-19 lockdown was introduced in March last year, 2.5 million emergency food parcels have been given to people across the UK.

This is an increase of 33 per cent on the previous year and 128 per cent compared with levels in 2014/15, the charity’s latest figures show.

The Trussell Trust has said staff and volunteers handed out “record numbers” of parcels during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Just under one million parcels were given to children - 38 per cent more than the previous year and 135 per cent more than in 2014/15.

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