Food banks provided more than 2.1 million food parcels to people across the UK in past year, according to new figures released by the Trussell Trust.

The charity says its witnessing an accelerating crisis across the UK as the need for emergency food dramatically increased in the past six months. This follows the £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit and the soaring rise in living costs that people are facing. More than 830,000 parcels were provided for children.

This is set to get worse as the cost of living crisis continues with hundreds of thousands more families being forced to the doors of food banks.

We are proud to be supporting the Trussell Trust, helping their network of food banks to provide emergency food to people facing hardship and to stand alongside them to help end the need for food banks in the UK.

We will be taking on fundraising activities ranging from runs to bake offs and treks to afternoon teas to raise money for this amazing charity. Thank you for supporting us.