Maldon: Demand for town's food bank rockets (From Maldon and Burnham Standard)

Maldon: Demand for town's food bank rockets

9:00am Saturday 8th September 2012 in Local News By Gareth Burton

A growing number of people are having to visit a Maldon food bank after struggling to afford to eat.

Nationally, the Trussell Trust last week revealed it is now opening four new centres a week in the UK as it struggles to cope with demand, while locally, the Maldon Food Pantry has also had a soaring number of visitors, particularly families.

The pantry, which is run by Churches Together in Maldon, was launched last February and serves some of the town’s most in-need residents.

It is based at Maldon Elim Church, in Wantz Road, every Wednesday from 10am to 3pm, and is reliant on donations of food at local supermarkets.

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