1 in 10 parents had used food banks or received a food donation over the past year - more than double the number from the previous survey.
A SURVEY LAUNCHED today found that one in five of parents stated that at some point in the last year they did not have enough food to feed their children.
It is the second survey on the issue, with the results finding that, between January and November last year, food poverty had worsened for children and families across the country. “Parents tell us that they are often going without food themselves in order to provide food for their children, or else are having to rely on others to get the food for them. Their hunger, or that of their child’s, is a constant and physical reminder of the financial pressure and of the hard decisions they have to make every day.”
One in ten parents said they had used food banks or received a food donation over the previous 12 months – more than double the number from the previous survey .
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