The needs of workers. This Christmas take action!

Nurses, shop assistants and youth workers are among large numbers of people in low-paid jobs forced for the first time to accept charity food parcels to stay afloat, as the cost-of-living crisis transforms the profile of the typical UK food bank user. 

Research by the Trussell Trust, Britain’s largest food bank network, found one in five people referred to its 1,300 food bank centers in the summer were from households where someone worked. 

Examples of people in in-work poverty referred to Trussell Trust food banks in recent months include trainee nurses, teaching assistants, factory workers, retail assistants, delivery drivers and hospitality workers. 

As Patrick Butler wrote in The Guardian; The increasing numbers of people holding down jobs while relying on the trust’s food parcels has persuaded some food banks to open at 8am to allow people to pick up a food parcel on their way to work. 

Many stores across the UK have collection points for foodbanks and we are asking what items can be donated? Here are some Christmas ideas which you are welcome to use for your local foodbank.