A British Pride is appealing to people to donate to its local foodbank to help families struggling this Christmas. Chester Pride hopes to build on the success of its campaign last year.
Its ‘reverse advent calendar’ generated 2,100 items of food and toiletries in 2019 for West Cheshire Foodbank. However, this year the need will be even greater.
The last five years have already seen big rises in the number of Britons relying on foodbanks. But demand spiked as COVID-19 hit the country.
And with widespread unemployment likely in the coming months, foodbanks are expecting unprecedented numbers needing help. Meanwhile Britain is currently debating how best to tackle hunger in a way few could have predicted a few years ago.