Swinging A-frame sign outside the Trussell Trust’s Kingston Foodbank, Kingston, United Kingdom. The sign directs people to the foodbank which provides emergency food to local people. Two men are waiting outside the foodbank to receive their free food box which will contain basic non-perishable food for three days. In 2012-13 foodbanks fed 346,992 people nationwide. Of those helped, 126,889 were children. This form is used by a Trussell volunteer when preparing a food box for an adult. In response to the Government cuts to welfare, foodbanks have experienced a significant increase in demand


Swinging A-frame sign outside the Trussell Trust’s Kingston Foodbank, Kingston, United Kingdom. The sign directs people to the foodbank which provides emergency food to local people. Two men are waiting outside the foodbank to receive their free food box which will contain basic non-perishable food for three days. In 2012-13 foodbanks fed 346,992 people nationwide. Of those helped, 126,889 were children. This form is used by a Trussell volunteer when preparing a food box for an adult. In response to the Government cuts to welfare, foodbanks have experienced a significant increase in demand and in September 2013, Kingston foodbank provided food for their 5,000th person.


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