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Covid-19 leads to more Norfolk foodbank demand Foodbanks across Norfolk have seen large increases in the numbers of families needing crisis food support during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Rev Matthew Price and 60 volunteers have been providing food support to those in need at Gorleston Foodbank at St Mary Magdalene Church. Matthew told the EDP that the church, which hosts one of the depots of Great Yarmouth Foodbank, had seen an increase in families needing support during the pandemic. We are the sixth most deprived area in the county, he said. People were living on the edge just about managing but the pandemic suddenly tipped them over that edge.
A volunteer sorts through the food donations at the Gorleston foodbank
- Credit: Matthew Price
Being in refuge after a nasty break-up was difficult enough for a mother of three.
But a car crash, leading to a leg amputation, meant she lost her work income - leaving her family in a perilous position.
The mother, who did not want to named, is one of countless people who have seen Covid and other factors push them to the brink of despair and going hungry.
She is also one of countless people who have reason to be grateful for foodbanks.
For she received support from the St Mary Magdalene Church foodbank in Gorleston.