Hackney Foodbank urgently needs your help

Between 2016 and 2017 the Trussell Trust, the UK’s largest network of food banks, handed out 1.2m food parcels to those in need. This will be the ninth year in a row that demand has risen.

Hackney Foodbank, one of the food banks run by the Trussell Trust, is in desperate need of donations. As the Z-list’s current charity, last week we received a heartbreaking message from the food bank. It simply read: “We are really struggling to fill our shelves due to the increasing numbers of people in a food crisis.”

Data shows that December is especially difficult for those experiencing financial hardship. In 2016, UK food banks reported a 47 per cent increase in three-day emergency food supplies in December compared to the rest of the year.