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When the festive season fades into January, food banks will be confronting a surge in demand during the initial months of the new year.
While December typically witnesses an outpouring of donations and volunteer support, the following months pose significant challenges for these vital charities.
In Blackley - one foodbank volunteer is familiar with this shift from witnessing this struggle first-hand. “After a festive period where there’s overspending and cold weather in unison to rising bills is where we see our most difficult months as a charity,” Sunita Parsons-Solomon told the Manchester Evening News.
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Sunita joined Humans MCR - a food bank charity doing incredible work to tackle hunger in Greater Manchester - in 2022 and was surprised by the huge demand for help and how hard it was to get resources during the new year.
She said: “I was really shocked by how hard we were hit in January and February.
“These months are already more depressing than others - I certainly find that even though personally I’m comfortable and can feed myself and pay bills.
“So when you include factors such as not being able to feed yourself or your kids it can add to those extra struggles to what are already those cold and depressing months that might help people emphasise with the situation our clients are in - during that time donations are really needed.”
Humans MCR seeks to transform the traditional method of food banks through opting to deliver food parcels across Manchester, Salford, Rochdale, Stockport, Trafford and B
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