Number of Glaswegians using food banks increases by 500% in a year

[weepiper]

Trussell Trust have released an alarming set of figures today

Up by 400% in Edinburgh in the same period too.

 

[StoneRoad]

Liking that seems somehow wrong weepiper - truly shocking statistics.

 

[pogofish]

Utterly fucking depressing. The gap only ever seems to widen

 

[Frankie Jack]

I did a few stints in a local foodbank earlier in the year and it really was depressing. People so thankful at being offered a cup of tea and a bag of chips and a roll while filling in the forms. The foodbank didn't have the three strikes and out policy and many came back when things got really tough.

I was only able to help out as my Ingeus work provider adviser made sure my appointments were on the days it was open so I could get my fares returned for going into the next town.

Sad days.

 

[equationgirl]

Sad days indeed, Frankie Jack. Makes you wonder when this will end.

Thanks for posting the figures weepiper