FOODBANKS across Wales provided more than 54,000 meals to children over the last year - one every ten minutes. That is according to the latest Trussell Trust report, which reveals foodbanks in its network across Wales handed out 146,000 emergency food parcels to people facing crisis between April 2020 and March 2021. These figures mark an eight per cent increase on the the previous year, when 135,000 parcels were handed out. It is also a 69 per cent increase since 2015/16. The Trust say these figures are just the tip of the iceberg, with a number of people being helped by other food aid providers and community groups that sprang up during the pandemic.
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SHOPPERS in Llandudno Junction can now donate food items to help people in their community after carrying out their weekly shop. A new collection point supporting the Trussell Trust network has been set up at the Tesco superstore in Llandudno Junction. It forms part of a Tesco initiative to install donation points at each of its large stores in the UK to help food charities. Tesco will top up customer donations by an additional 20 per cent in the form of a cash donation to the charity. The customer donations will help the Trussell Trust in its efforts to support people in Llandudno Junction and the surrounding area, with regular donations needed more than ever due to the extra pressure placed on the charity by the Covid-19 pandemic.