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Cwmbrangolf ball in a sock man jailed Eastern Valley Foodbank in Pontypool has provided food for 5,433 people since March when the first lockdown started. And Blaenau Gwent Foodbank supported 1,443 families, made up of 2,070 adults and 1,159 children, since March.
Blaenau Gwent foodbank Manager of Newport Foodbank, Jon Slocombe, said numbers have increased since March due to the economic fallout of coronavirus. “We are in a situation where there are a lot of people in crisis at the moment,” Mr Slocombe said. “You can see that from the year-on-year increase. “I think it’s come partly because of the pandemic.
Jon Slocombe at the Newport Foodbank in Malpas
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