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Hunger across Hackney reaches record high - as food bank calls for help

Latest national figures show charities are distributing a food parcel every 11 seconds in the UK

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hunger across Hackney reaches record high - as food bank calls for help

‘Toughest time in living memory’: Hackney Foodbank launches emergency £100k appeal as it struggles to keep up with unprecedented demand

The charity is expecting to spend £125k on food this year – a figure that has risen from just £2k in 2017

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Toughest time in living memory’: Hackney Foodbank launches emergency £100k appeal as it struggles to keep up with unprecedented demand

Hackney Foodbank in plea for support as residents speak out about cost-of-living crisis – including one mother who has stopped her son taking baths

Volunteers at the charity are ‘worried’, with food donations falling away despite demand doubling

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Foodbank in plea for support as residents speak out about cost-of-living crisis – including one mother who has stopped her son taking baths

Trick or Eat scheme is back this Halloween to bolster dwindling supplies at Hackney Foodbank

Join in by hosting a collection box at your home or by following the trail and donating food in your neighbourhood

Author: Hackney Citizen

Trick or Eat scheme is back this Halloween to bolster dwindling supplies at Hackney Foodbank

Winter Toy Appeal: Thousands of the borough’s poorest children to get a gift after huge response

Organisers thank the public for their generosity and the volunteers who help them spread festive cheer

Author: Hackney Citizen

Winter Toy Appeal: Thousands of the borough’s poorest children to get a gift after huge response

Three billboards outside St Mary’s, Hackney

Church rector takes inspiration from Oscar-winning film to raise awareness of homelessness in the borough

Author: Hackney Citizen

Three billboards outside St Mary’s, Hackney