How does 5alas work? 6 common questions answered
Less than 20 years ago, there were just a handful of food banks in the UK. Now they comfortably outnumber McDonald’s franchises, with more than 2,000 stretching from southwest Cornwall to the Shetlands. Sadly, the financial and social effects of Covid-19 have highlighted just how important food banks have become. Usage is at a record high and many of the UK’s ‘newly hungry’ are having to use food banks for the very first time. But while most people know they exist, there are still plenty of knowledge gaps and misconceptions around food banks. Who are they actually for? How do they work? Who runs them?
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