Comments on: UK foodbank use is still at record levels

By: Wobbly chops

Wobbly chops — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 09:18:00 +0000

I have in the past had no food, it’s horrible being hungry . But this is caused by the new labour poor money management.

By: jane

jane — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:45:00 +0000

In reply to GhostofJimMorisson. Pls see my reply above.

By: jane

jane — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:44:00 +0000

In reply to Rowdie111. Please see my reply above.

By: jane

jane — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:42:00 +0000

In reply to GhostofJimMorrison, below: you might like to try volunteering in a food bank, as I do, and think again about your comments. Of course there are people shopping at weekends. These are not the people who come to the food bank. I meet people there in genuinely desperate circumstances – for example, a mother of four young children whose benefits had been delayed for weeks and who literally had no food for them (they had gone to school hungry that day); a man who was sanctioned for a month for missing an appointment because he was ill; a father in two low-income jobs who often had to choose between buying nappies and buying food; a man with only one arm who was told he was fit to work and consequently lost his benefits. These people are victims of the government’s deliberate onslaught on the poor. You are very lucky if you think austerity is a myth; you are clearly not suffering the consequences of it. But please bear in mind that many people I see at the food bank have previously had jobs, mortgages – all the trappings of a successful life. It takes very little these days to lose all that and end up struggling to survive. It is just as likely to be you one day, so please show a little compassion.

To Rowdie111: You clearly don’t understand how food banks work. People cannot just turn up and claim free food; they have to be referred by a charity, a social worker, a GP, CAB, etc, who will look at their circumstances and then issue them with a voucher. We do not accept anyone who doesn’t have a voucher. I might also add that most of our clients at the food bank are deeply ashamed of the necessity to rely on charity to feed themselves and their families. They find the experience humiliating, no matter how much we treat them with respect and sensitivity. These are decent people who have reached absolute rock bottom and have nowhere else to turn.

Sid and Adam Smith: don’t be so silly. I live in a town with next to no immigration. It has a food bank.

By: GhostofJimMorisson

GhostofJimMorisson — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:52:00 +0000

Yet the shops on a weekend are always teeming with people buying crap they don’t need and probably can’t afford. Austerity is a myth, perpetuated by the left-wing media. All we have seen are cuts to some government departments.

By: Sid

Sid — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:22:00 +0000

How many were immigrants ?

By: adam smith

adam smith — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:11:00 +0000

This of course has nothing to do with the EU or mass immigration overwhelming the jobs market so wages are depressed, millions can only work part time and housing costs are unaffordable

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By: Rowdie111

Rowdie111 — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:02:00 +0000

Of course it is….so are Aldi and Netto at record levels…The British public love a good deal….and Foodbank deals are better even than the Discounters !