2,268 HELPED BY EPSOM & EWELL FOODBANK IN LAST YEAR: LIFE HAS GOT WORSE NOT BETTER FOR POOREST IN 2013/14
2,268 people received three days’ emergency food from Epsom & Ewell foodbank in 2013-14, compared to 642 in our first 6 months of 2012-13
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Over 2,268 adults and children have received three days’ emergency food and support from Epsom & Ewell foodbank in the last 12 months, an 80% equivalent increase on numbers helped in the previous financial year. Despite signs of economic recovery, the poorest have seen incomes squeezed even more than last year reports The Trussell Trust, the UK’s largest foodbank network. More people are being referred to Trussell Trust foodbanks than ever before.
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