Food banks

'We had nothing, not even a tin of beans'

'Helping people in hygiene poverty gives dignity'

Peckham Soup Kitchen searching for new home

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Food bank looks for new home after council eviction

Faith group gives food bank one tonne donation

Free meals project serves up a big expansion

Food bank faces 'big problem' of losing its base

Youth 'shouldn't have to go without basic hygiene'

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Foodbank 'worried' about donations in January

Power cut destroys food bank's frozen produce

'My friend was life and soul of the soup kitchen'

Scholarship footballers collect for foodbank

Homeless charity sees surge in people needing help

Charity providing Christmas Day dinner deliveries

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Children's charity 'barely keeping up with demand'

'The bills don't stop just because it's Christmas'

Muslim community 'unite' to buy items for foodbank

Farmer donates 500 hampers to people in need

Soup kitchen 'overwhelmed' by appeal response

Soup kitchen 'crushed' by need for new home