Foodbank asks for more donations as demand rises
The supplies currently donated to Nuneaton Foodbank are not enough to meet demand
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Growing demand for a foodbank's services has led the operation to start an appeal - and to open a second collection point.
Nuneaton Foodbank, running since 2013, said that last month it gave out 559 food parcels, including 204 for children.
But item donations it has been receiving are not enough to cover the four centres it operates, meaning about £800 a week of donated funds are being used to buy supplies.
It said it was reaching out to businesses and people in the area for help.
Nuneaton Foodbank said between the start of the year and 11 June it gave out 7,928 food parcels.
It already has a warehouse at Centenary Business Centre, which is owned and managed by Warwickshire Business Centres for Warwickshire County Council.
It has now opened a second collection point at Eliot Park Innovation Centre, another Warwickshire Business Centre site.
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