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Foodbank users lived on less than £250 a month at the beginning of the pandemic, charity finds
Trussell Trust's State of Hunger 2021 report finds 95% of those who needed help in early 2020 were living in destitution and were unable to afford to eat and stay warm and dry
People queue at the Ringcross Foodbank, in north London
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FOODBANK users were living on less than £250 per month on average after housing costs as the country entered the pandemic, the Trussell Trust revealed today.
About 700,000 households used a foodbank in 2019-2020, the charity estimated.
It said it was unacceptable that foodbank users during that time were left to survive on an average of £248 per month to cover their bills, food and other essentials.
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