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Cost of living: Arnold Foodbank breaks record with ‘busiest year’

6,200 food parcels were given to those in need - and the charity said that this broke the record previously smashed during the pandemic.

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A foodbank in Arnold has revealed it recently broke a ten-year record helping those people needing extra support during the cost of living crisis.

Thousands of people from across the borough are now turning to food banks, unable to afford to feed themselves and their families as the cost of living crisis continues.

Rising energy bills and the price of a weekly shop is leaving many going hungry – but help is at hand from the number of

The charity, based on Mansfield Road in Daybrook, yesterday revealed on social media that it had handed out a record number of emergency food parcels over the past 10 months.

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6,200 were given to those in need – and the charity said that this broke the record previously smashed during the pandemic.

A spokesman for the charity said: “A sad record was broken this week: Arnold Foodbank has supported more local people with emergency food parcels this financial year than at any time in our ten-year history, which includes beating the year of the pandemic. That’s over 6,200 people and still counting as there are another six weeks until our year end on March 31.

You can find more details about how you can support the foodbank HERE

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