Monday January 18, 2021, 8:33 PM
Over twelve hundred bags of food were given out between September and December 2020 - compared to just 434 during the same period the year before. Credit: PA
The number of people using Jersey s Grace Trust food bank has almost tripled since the end of 2019.
Measures to reduce the spread of the virus have forced businesses to close and, as a result, hundreds of islanders have seen either their pay reduced, or lost their jobs completely.
Between September and December 2020 1,212 bags of food were given out by the Grace Trust charity.
This compares to just 434 during the same period the year before.