Worcester Foodbank is no longer accepting school uniform as demand for food parcels spikes. The increase in hungry families needing food parcels over the last year has meant warehouse space is at a premium. Volunteers have had to stop stocking donated school clothing at its warehouse in Lowesmoor Wharf to make more room for extra shelves of food. In June, the foodbank fed 752 people in Worcester which was 28 per cent higher than the same month last year. A Worcester Foodbank spokesman said: We’ve not been able to accept donations of school uniform due to the unprecedented demand for emergency food which has placed enormous pressure on our warehouse space and volunteers.
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MAJOR changes to the face of Worcester are proposed for the coming years, with a number of significant planning applications to transform the city centre. With many signs pointing towards the return to some kind of normality soon and with the journey on the government’s roadmap out of lockdown seemingly running smoothly, attention now turns to how the city rebuilds from an extremely difficult year and what the future will look like for Worcester. Regeneration and redevelopment, in its many guises, has always been high on the agenda and hot on the lips of many even before the pandemic struck, with huge developments and grand ideas and multi-million-pound promises coming and going.