Within a year; A significant increase in the number of people who need food desperately.
The Globe Echo reported that the number of people needing a hot meal this year in Britain hit a record high.
Sputnik news agency reported on Thursday, quoting the “Russell Trust” charity fund, which oversees the largest food supply network for the needy throughout England, by publishing statistics of an unprecedented 37% jump in the number of people in need of food until the end of this March (March). following the increase in the high cost of living in this country.
According to Globe Echo, with the increase in inflation and the high cost of living in England, the Russell Trust Charity Fund announced in its latest report that this charitable organization, which currently has 1,300 covered centers across England in support of the poor and needy, has more than last year. It has sent more than one million food packages to the needy, especially children.
It is stated in this report that by the end of March 2023, the number of subsistence packages for the needy compared to the fixed annual support program provided by the charity fund compared to the last five years, has now reached three million food packages with a significant increase of the needy.
This report adds that for the first time in the past year, 760,000 people have applied to this charity fund, which represents a 37% increase in the number of applicants over the course of a year, which also means an unprecedented increase in the number of applicants with jobs. Their financial per capita is not proportional to the increase in costs in England
