The Trussell Trust says it provided 31,687 emergency food parcels in Northern Ireland between 1 April and 30 September 2022. CostOfLiving
In a statement, the Trussell Trust said that had created a "tsunami of need", as people struggled to survive amidst the soaring costs of living.
Its mid-year statistics for Northern Ireland show that of the 31,687 food parcels it provided from April to September, 18,301 were for adults and 13,386 for children. According to the trust, a parcel typically has food for one person for three days but it also provides parcels with food for one person for seven-days.The Trust also its data indicated that there had been a 37% rise in the number of people in Northern Ireland using one of its food banks for the first time from April to September 2022 compared to 2021.
The charity also said that, across the UK as a whole, one in five people using one of its food banks was from a "working household," where either they were working or someone else they lived with was. The trust's figures indicate that, overall, food bank use rose sharply in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020/21 before falling slightly in 2021/22.In 2021/22 as a whole, for instance, the Trust provided 61,597 food parcels in Northern Ireland, two-thirds more than the 37,165 it provided in 2018/19.
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