Hungry but not homeless: Demand for food handouts rises by 20% as 'ordinary' people and families fall into poverty

Britain has seen a sharp rise in the number of people requesting food handouts as 'ordinary' working people and families fall on hard times.

In the past year alone FareShare, which redistributes surplus food from major manufacturers and supermarkets to social care charities, has seen a 20 per cent rise in the number of people who can't afford to feed themselves - from 29,000 per day to 35,000 per day.

Food donations are ordinarily taken up by the homeless and destitute, but now FareShare and similar organisations are seeing families and working people who have lost jobs benefiting from the service.   Read More

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