16 INTRODUCTION Hunger in the UK Introduction The purpose of this study Hunger in the UK is the first report in a series of three landmark studies which will track and examine the scale and drivers of food insecurity across the UK. [...] Throughout the report, you will find direct quotes from people who have been forced to Part 1 explores the scale of the problem use food banks in the Trussell Trust network across the UK and provides analysis of the level in 2022, these illustrate the findings from the of food insecurity, use of food aid across the qualitative research and proposals on what needs general population and details of. [...] destitution most commonly lacking food.6 Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, food banks in Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, destitution the Trussell Trust network experienced years was growing rapidly in the UK of successive increases in the distribution of emergency food, which can be understood The number of people experiencing poverty has within the context of the steady rise in remained largely sta. [...] Credit are associated with rises in the numbers of people who also need to turn to a food At the point that the Covid-19 pandemic took bank.13 This was reflected in the experience hold in the UK in March 2020, the level of of the Trussell Trust network, as well as across support provided by the UK social security independent food banks. [...] The broad pantries, larders, community food hubs and structure and sequence of the questions we social supermarkets opening to provide support use is the same as those used in the UK, for in communities across the country.35 instance by the Food Standards Agency and the Department for Work and Pensions.
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