Financial
advice is to be offered to people being referred to food banks after new
research showed an “alarming” increase in those suffering money problems.
Food
bank charity the Trussell Trust is launching a pilot scheme to give instant
financial help and debt advice.
The
move follows a six-figure donation by money saving expert Martin Lewis and
could lead to the biggest change in how the charity’s network of 400 food banks
operate since the trust was launched in 2000.
A
survey of 4,000 adults showed that more than one in 10 took out a payday loan
last year.
Some
900,000 people received three days’ emergency food from Trussell Trust food
banks in the last financial year, an increase of 163% over the previous 12
months.
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