Delays and changes in benefits increase the use of local foodbank service
Cardiff Foodbank operates on food donations from local schools, charities and churches
Cardiff Foodbank has seen a 60% rise in its use in the last year.
During the financial year of 2011 the project helped 3,792 individuals but since April has served a record amount of 2,500 people.
Most of those fed in Cardiff are as a result of benefit delays and cuts. Benefit delays account for over 1000 of those that have used the service in the last six months.
Discussing the circumstances that led people to use the foodbank, project manager, Ian Purcell, said, “we have seen an increase in folded businesses leaving people in positions they never expected to be in but then again nobody ever imagines having to use a foodbank.”